Light posting at SiliconBeat, and mini roundup
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We’re taking a few days off. We may be posting over next few days, but not as frequently. If you’ve got any exciting leads, send ‘em our way, and we’ll try to get them up.
A few items:
–Silicon Valley CEOs getting poorer! This is a surprise, because it defies recent patterns: According to a study by Equilar being released today, CEO pay at Silicon Valley’s 150 biggest companies is headed south. In fiscal 2005, the median total compensation of Silicon Valley CEOs dropped to $2.6 million, down 13% from a year ago. Their pay packages are getting hit even as CEO compensation elsewhere rises — and is largely a result of reduced stock-option grants (WSJ story here).
–Google puts complete works of Shakespeare online.
–Google launches Web Albums, an update of its Picasa photosharing software, but puts it all online and allows people to comment on photos. It is in limited testing mode. Here’s the Merc story, which also summarizes Yahoo’s latest photo improvements, and how Photobucket is leader of this very overcrowded market.
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About the Author, Matt Marshall
Matt launched VentureBeat in September of 2006, with the realization that no one else was covering the entrepreneurial and tech innovation scene with the velocity or depth that he was. Prior to founding VentureBeat, he covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News from 2001 to 2006. In 2002, Matt was awarded "Journalist of the Year" by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists. Prior to working at the Merc, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Bonn, Germany from 1995 to 1998, and a writer for the Washington Post in 1994. Matt holds a PhD in Government and an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University. In addition to VentureBeat, Matt is also the Executive Producer of DEMO, the leading launchpad event for emerging technologies.
