5 O’Clock Roundup: Perp walk for Raj, breakthroughs at Microsoft, still no jobs
Intel CEO Paul Otellini says he had no idea one of his employees was being investigated for fraud — At least that’s what he told the Wall Street Journal. “It is not clear whether these people were just bragging or whether they were in it… Continue Reading
5 O’Clock Roundup: UK’s new largest telco, Yahoo CEO dumps stock, ethics wonking over David Pogue
Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom will merge their UK operations, forming the Brits’ largest operator — O2 will soon be second to the merged carrier, which will have a combined market share of 38%. The Wall Street Journal reports what you’re already thinking: ”The deal… Continue Reading
Inside peek: How The New York Times uses blogs
[Correction: This post originally stated that the Times' copy desk editors don't review and edit blog posts. They do. Their edits to my posts have been minimal, so I did not notice them.]
At Google’s 10th anniversary of Blogger event on Tuesday, I was surprised how many of… Continue Reading
Pogue: Snow Leopard crashes Word, Photoshop, printer
New York Times gadget guru David Pogue wrote in his review of Apple’s brand new operating system, Snow Leopard, that he experienced “frustrating glitches” with several applications and parts of the user interface. We asked him to stretch it out a bit and tell us… Continue Reading
New York Times CEO: Advertising won’t keep us afloat
The New York Times is, for some readers, a bible of news and commentary. So it’s important whether or not the Times survives the gut-churning economic changes in the newspaper business that have knocked out the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, threaten to shut down the San Francisco… Continue Reading
New York Times makes bloggers’ day with drop in Q2 earnings
The New York Times Company’s cost-cutting efforts and higher newsstand prices have paid off, but the company has a long way to go to get itself out of financial trouble. Second-quarter profit clocked in at $23.3 million after factoring in employee severence and pension packages,… Continue Reading
New York Times appoints a “social media editor”
How’s this for a dream job? America’s paper of record has reassigned one of its editors to be the in-house expert on Facebook and Twitter.
You can read up on Jennifer Preston’s background in this morning’s entertainingly cruel Gawker post. More important is that the New York… Continue Reading
Roundup: Has Della got its groove back? Hulu, Google, etc.
Here’s the latest action:
Dell revises “Della,” its netbook marketing web site targeting women, after allegations of sexism — As Jezebel covers.
The once and future Valleywag — Owen Thomas (pictured right) is leaving to become editorial director of NBC Bay Area later this month. Ryan Tate will be… Continue Reading
Roundup: Fox News launches uReport, AT&T doubles 3G capacity, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Fox News gets citizen journalism arm on MySpace — Contributors to uReport can only upload and tag photos and videos, presenting fewer possibilities than CNN’s similarly named iReport.
AT&T doubling 3G capacity — The company, whose 3G network is the source of frequent complaints from… Continue Reading
Roundup: Google’s layoffs, Pick Your Five’s popularity, and more
Here’s the latest (layoff heavy) action:
Google lays off 200 employees — Most of the cuts are happening in the sales and marketing departments, where Google has over-invested.
Pick Your Five application surges on Facebook — The app from LivingSocial, which asks you to list your five favorite movies,… Continue Reading
New York Times lets anyone search its 2.8 million articles
Updated
[Disclosure: The New York Times syndicates VentureBeat content]
The New York Times has been exposing more data to external websites and applications recently, and now it’s providing the most promising access of all: the ability to search the Times’ entire online article archive going back to… Continue Reading
If the New York Times dies, does the news die?
The death of an institution isn’t far off, writes the Atlantic in an article titled End Times, and with it an entire industry may be preparing to slip underwater. Low on cash, high in debt, the legendary New York Times is reeling from the recession…. Continue Reading
Now live: VentureBeat’s syndication deal with the New York Times
VentureBeat’s previously mentioned syndication deal with the New York Times went live today. Take a look at the screenshot. The Gray Lady is featuring our stories in a mini-section in the homepage of its Technology section. Click on one of our story links and you’ll… Continue Reading
New York Times syndicates VentureBeat
The New York Times announced today that it will syndicate VentureBeat’s content, as part of a redesign of the Times’ online technology section.
This is great for VentureBeat. The Times has long represented excellence in the news profession. The partnership is an endorsement of something we’ve… Continue Reading
Roundup: New York Social Times, a cleaner MySpace, and Wii Fit underwear girl
The New York Times adds social networking: The nation’s biggest daily newspaper is embracing Web 2.0 with the launch of its new online feature: TimesPeople. This beta program allows users to build up a friends list and view a news feed for stories that their… Continue Reading
Roundup: Texas Instruments lowers overall cell phone forecast, but women drive smart phone sales
Texas Instruments says cell phone sales weakening: TI said that sales of chips for wireless handsets were “unseasonably weak,” causing the bellwether company for the cell phone economy to lower its second-quarter earnings outlook. The Dallas-based chip maker said that it expects revenue to be $3.17… Continue Reading
Diller calls New York Times “loony,” Internet companies over-valued
Barry Diller, chairman and chief executive of InterActive Corp., the large Internet conglomerate (owner of Expedia, CitySearch, Evite, Ask) responds to the accusation by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof that his $469 million salary is too high, and that he is lazy.
Diller (pictured… Continue Reading