Most people want to share content that makes them look good — a concept that Gravity CEO Amit Kapur called “peacocking” at paidContent 2012 this afternoon. Sometimes that urge is a good thing, but sometimes it gets in the way of delivering a truly personalized online experience. Read more »
Scott Thompson’s mythical computer science degree not only took him down as CEO, it forced a board change, gave shareholder Daniel Loeb a way in and made the focus on how the company is run — not what it is doing. Can Ross Levinsohn change that? Read more »
Until now, Dan Loeb could squawk all he wanted about the failures of the Yahoo board but the odds that he could force real change were slim. Now there’s a chance he could get new CEO Scott Thompson fired. Read more »
Does three make a trend? In recent months, both former Gawker editor Emily Gould and GigaOm’s Michael Wolf launched their own e-book venture… Read more »
In a move he describes as akin to “having your own minor-league baseball team,” Michael Wolf, GigaOm’s VP research, is launching his own dig… Read more »
Another batch of filings and unsealed documents today in the Viacom (NYSE: VIA) lawsuit against Google/YouTube and another rollicking trip d… Read more »
This one is sure to set off a round of “say what’s”: Michael Wolf, the former president and COO of MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA), is launching a… Read more »
