If you see this (Valleywag) guy, run!

August 6, 2006 | Michael Bazeley | Comments | |
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by Scott Beale/Laughing Squid

Here’s the Mercury News story on Valleywag author, Nick Douglas.

When news broke that Nick Douglas, a.k.a. the writer behind the online gossip site Valleywag, was mugged last month in downtown San Francisco, it struck some as fitting.

“The muggers got to him first,” joked Marc Canter, an entrepreneur and frequent victim of Valleywag’s acerbic wit. “His whole body demeanor asks to be punched.”…

He’s becoming known simply as “the Punk,” and to be profiled by him is to “be punked.”

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About the Author, Michael Bazeley

  • As odd and uncomfortable as it may be for the Silicon Valley elite to be featured in ValleyWag, it is de riguer in just about any other high-profile business, whether you're a professional athlete, or in Hollywood. Those folks have been used to rumors and gossip as part of their jobs. With money and prestige also comes a downside.

    As a reader, I find ValleyWag very amusing. He's not always covering everything I want, but there's enough substance to keep it as a must-follow site.
  • I read it infrequently and find it mostly funny. When you are immersed in high flying business' optimistic stories all day long, it is just a good Dilbert fix. We have the guilty pleasure while he take all the risk to ridicule a company or personality.

    In anycase it is an entirely different beast from f*edcompany.com, which is just venomous.
  • Louis, pop me an e-mail if you know any areas Valleywag needs to cover. We're looking for a second writer, so soon we can double our coverage. Then maybe the NEW writer can get awkwardly profiled by the Mercury News.