From Yahoo to the Daily Me In the Internet publishing world, Neil Budde is seen as both a pioneer and a reference. He created the Online Wall Street Journal that now enjoys one million subscribers. Then he left for Yahoo!, raising speculations that the search company will make a major move into publishing (it didn’t happen). Last week Budde announced that he was leaving Yahoo! for the customization-aggregator Daily Me. Is it simply a career move from a bureaucratic Silicon Valley giant to a more startupish venture? Or is it the expression of a vision ? Judge by yourself with Budde’s explanations.
Related columns:
- Yahoo! Part II: Naked capitalism TweetThis week’s complaint in the Valley: Carl Icahn is an ugly capitalist. He only bought 3.9% of Yahoo! to extract profit from his investment and, in the process, he’ll destroy the company. Really? Isn’t this is a little rich coming from people who make money from stock options? You will recall Microsoft walked away from [...]...
- Yahoo under intense Icahn pressure TweetJerry Yang is going to have a lousy summer. Carl Icahn, the New York-based corporate raider is willing to force the sale of the company before its annual meeting on August 1. In a stern letter sent June 6 to Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock, Icahn outlined his plan in pretty clear terms: “– First, I [...]...
- Microsoft / Yahoo! — Why the deal won’t fly TweetSeriously, what possesses Steve Ballmer? Why risk his reputation, to say nothing of his shareholders’ well-being? Let’s forget the easy jibes, big egos, phallic insecurity. Instead, let’s ask ourselves: What does the Microsoft Board of Directors know we don’t know? They can’t be ill-informed, ill-advised, ill-intentioned or dumb. And yet, there are many obvious or [...]...
- Microsoft vs. Yahoo!– Covering yourself with feces… Tweet“That seems sort of like trying to keep a wild animal from eating you by covering yourself with feces. It might make awful sense for about a second, but it’s just a bad, bad idea. First, it’s unlikely to work — and, second, it’s just pathetic.” To save itself from Microsoft’s jaws, Yahoo! considers buying [...]...
- Microsoft / Yahoo! : Week 2 — The BS Flies TweetIt’s all about advertising! No, it’s applications! No, search is king! No, think new media! No, it’s about freedom and competition! With such high stakes, $40 billion or so, who’s counting, no wonder the BS flies. The Microsoft propaganda staffel is in full battle order led by their usual henchmen and women at Waggener Erdstrom. [...]...
