Saturday July 05, 2008
Latest Columns 
Don't underestimate the Icahn Factor
Online Edition: Friday, July 4, 2008 06:00 AM
He may not know much about the Web, but he knows finance
Don't underestimate the Icahn Factor
Published: Friday, July 4, 2008 12:00 AM Page B7
Judging by the news flow on Yahoo, the fate of the world's top Internet destination has turned into a dizzying, confusing dance among every other Web giant that doesn't want to end up one day in exactly the position Yahoo now finds itself - with investors and customers questioning whether it has the mojo to persist as an independent, thriving company. Thus you have the on-off-maybe-sort-of-on deals with Microsoft - which dropped its $42-billion (U.S.) takeover bid in May - and persistent reports News Corp. (via MySpace), and AOL are all in various forms of do-si-do around Yahoo.
Share value malaise may spur move at Fort Sumner
Online Edition: Friday, June 27, 2008 06:00 AM
Redstone knows market can't only be right when you're winning
Will share value malaise spur another blockbuster move at Fort Sumner?
Published: Friday, June 27, 2008 12:00 AM Page B8
If indeed the cinematic powerhouses behind DreamWorks SKG part ways with the Paramount Pictures film studio and go into business instead with India's Reliance Entertainment, there is, at least, an oratorical symmetry there: Sumner Redstone, the chairman of Viacom Inc., which owns Paramount, coined the term ''multiplex'' and Amit Khanna, the chairman of Reliance, famously coined the phrase ''Bollywood''.
Hearst CEO steps aside in typical Hearst fashion
Online Edition: Friday, June 20, 2008 06:00 AM
“Irreconcilable differences” cited after years of record results
After years of record results, Hearst CEO steps aside in typical Hearst fashion
Published: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:00 AM Page B7
There was plenty of intrigue over the news Wednesday that Hearst Corp. chief executive officer Victor Ganzi is stepping down from his post, citing ''irreconcilable differences'' over policy with the company's board of trustees after six years on the job.
Survival of the most relevant
Online Edition: Friday, June 13, 2008 06:00 AM
A Darwinian take on print media
Survival of the most relevant - a Darwinian take on print media
Published: Friday, June 13, 2008 12:00 AM Page B7
If you've been following the never-ending debate over the future of the print media during the past couple of weeks, you've probably picked up the following data points: Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer told the Washington Post that print - at least the paper-on-ink version - is dead in 10 years.
The Drudge Report: Kickin' it old school
Online Edition: Friday, June 6, 2008 06:00 AM
How unconventional it now seems as a news site by today's Web 2.0 standards
The Drudge Report: Kickin' it old school
Published: Friday, June 6, 2008 12:00 AM Page B8
On Tuesday night, The Drudge Report recorded the clinching of the Democratic Party nomination by Barack Obama with a photo of the candidate and mostly black family members and the headline ''June 2008.'' It was a nice, understated look for Matt Drudge, the site's synonymous founder-editor, who is better known for bringing a sensational, opinionated, and idiosyncratic flair to digital news, particularly in the political arena. Another Drudge touch was that underneath the headline and photo Drudge arrayed photographs of the front pages of three British newspapers, The Guardian, The Times and the Independent, and their respective takes on Obama's triumph.
