TechCrunch blog covers Silicon Valley like newspapers
Two Wall Street Journal reporters wrote an article Thursday about the TechCrunch blog written by Michael Arrington and how it breaks news and writes reviews of Web sites and other blogs. Arrington says in the story that he wants more page hits in two years than CNET. Last month, he was credited with breaking the […]
CNet, Kawamoto in spotlight
The New York Times profiled technology industry news site CNet and its reporter Dawn Kawamoto, who was spied upon by computer company Hewlett-Packard after a story she wrote earlier this year. Laurie Flynn wrote, “More recently, Ms. Kawamoto learned that private detectives hired by H.P. had been following her, even taking photos. When she took […]
WaPo: H-P CEO approved sting on reporter
The Washington Post reported Thursday that Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd approved a sting operation against a C-NET reporter who covered the company in an attempt to get the reporter to reveal her anonymous source within the computer company. Ellen Nakashima and Yuki Noguchi wrote, “The document, one of more than two dozen e-mails obtained […]
Spies in the newsroom for H-P?
Hewlett-Packard Corp., under fire for obtaining the phone records of journalists and board members in an attempt to discover a leak within the company, apparently examined placing spies in newsrooms, according to a New York Times article on Wednesday. Damon Darlin and Kurt Eichenwald wrote, “The studies, referred to in a Feb. 2 draft report […]
Times: H-P tried to plant bug on journalist's computer
A New York Times story Monday about the attempts Hewlett-Packard took to discover a leak among its board members notes that the computer maker took other measures beside obtaining phone records of journalist. Reporter Damon Darlin wrote, “Those briefed on the company’s review of the operation say detectives tried to plant software on at least […]
Hewlett-Packard obtained phone records of nine journalists
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting Friday that Hewlett-Packard obtained the phone records of nine business journalists during its investigation into its board members to determine who was leaking information to reporters. Four of the reporters have been identified. They are Dawn Kawamoto and Tom Krazit of Cnet, an online publication in San Francisco that […]
Investigating boardroom leaks to biz reporters
The New York Times and other media outlets are reporting today about an SEC filing by Hewlett-Packard in which the computer maker disclosed that it had investigated its board members to determine who was leaking information to business journalists. Former CEO Carly Fiorina was apparently upset with articles quoting board members who weren’t happy with […]
Forbes.com aims to overtake CNBC in viewers
Forbes.com CEO Jim Spanfeller told Beet TV that the web site’s video could overtake business news cable channel CNBC in total viewers. Spanfeller stated, “That’s one of our bulls eyes out there is the fine people at CNBC. The idea is, then again, they have a relatively limited reach. I mean, I think if you […]
Vonage fights back against Cramer
Viewers of Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” show on CNBC know that he has been belittling Vonage, even going as far as to bring a toy dog onto the set and have a barking sound, implying that the company is not a good stock. Now, Vonage is retaliating against Cramer, according to this story. Marguerite Reardon […]
Loeb finalists named
The finalists for the Loeb Awards, administered by the UCLA Anderson School of Management, were named in a video conference on Monday by dean Judy D. Olian. There is no press release yet, and I did not catch all of the reporter’s names, but I did get all of the names of the newspapers and […]
