Media industry executives love to talk about the “original sin” that newspapers supposedly committed, by not charging for content when the web was young — but this theory misses the point that the media game as a whole is being played according to fundamentally different rules. Read More »
Tech
One report says venture capital firms are investing more now than in recent years, but another says startups aren’t seeing enough money. So is the system healthy or sick? Perhaps it depends on where you think investors should be putting their cash — and why. Read More »
Last week, the Wall Street Journal updated its online privacy policy to actually give it more rights to our information. The resulting lack of outrage highlights that we have a long way to go to get online privacy where it needs to be. Read More »
The Wall Street Journal has launched a new “social reading” app for Facebook that allows users to share articles from the newspaper with their social graph, and also be chosen as editors for other users. But how will these social attempts mesh with the paper’s paywall? Read More »
The Wall Street Journal has launched a partnership with Foursquare that will show readers links to stories and reviews about local landmarks in New York, and allow them to win special badges. But will this actually help the Journal, or is it just a PR stunt? Read More »
I’m always insulted by the assumption that woman who care about the features (other than color) on their mobile phones or how much memory their hard drives have are geeks. Maybe they simply recognize — much the same way as those with a Y chromosome —… Read More »
When is the time right for a founder to give up the CEO post? It’s a question you will likely have to ask yourself — if your company is at all successful. I’ve had this founders’ dilemma on the brain ever since I read last… Read More »
Last week a friend in finance sent us a fun holiday rant that was quickly making the rounds across trading desks. In the spirit and “cantor” of Dr. Suess, it’s a lovely riff on the mortgage crisis that is making everyone on Wall Street (who doesn’t work at… Read More »
