WSJ to be acquired by News Corp., meanwhile Business 2.0 shuttering?
Introducing Citizen Murdoch!
It has been quite an evening for the world of business media. First came news that News Corp. has reached a tentative agreement for the purchase of Dow Jones & Co. at its original $5 billion offer price. The deal is going before… Continue Reading
Tech CEOs get bigger salaries
Chief executive officers at U.S. venture-backed technology companies are earning nearly $30,000 more per year in total compensation than they did a year ago.
CEOs in Silicon Valley and the Northeast enjoy the best deals overall.
The data, compiled by Dow Jones, shows that technology CEOs… Continue Reading
Bambi Francisco, the star reporter, and her conflicts
The WSJ and Zdnet have published oddly incomplete stories about Bambi Francisco, a reporter at Marketwatch, who they say “invested” in a side company called Vator.tv.
They suggest scandal, because she reported at Marketwatch about people who also invested in Vator.
Bambi’s employers requested that she… Continue Reading
Clean technology investments, elaborated
Ok, you’ve heard versions this headline before: “Investments in clean technologies doubled last year, compared to the year before.”
So far, definitions of clean technology have remained vague, and we’ve remained suspicious about the accuracy of industry data on investments in this area.
Today, Dow Jones… Continue Reading
Venture capitalists slowing down? (and note about Bridgescale)
Venture capital investment into U.S. companies slowed markedly in fourth quarter of last year, to the slowest pace in two years.
That drop-off wasn’t enough to knock 2006 from its status as most robust year since 2001, however — and it’s too early too tell whether… Continue Reading