May 4, 2007

Wolfman Jack Talking Microsoft/Yahoo, Reuters/Thomson, etc.

Some guy who sounded like Wolfman Jack was on CNBC late today nattering about the Microsoft/Yahoo non-deal, plus the News/DJ bid, not to mention Thomson/Reuters. Was hard to focus on the content given the gravelly voice.Who lets people who sound...

Microsoft/Yahoo, the Immelt Indicator, and a Quiz

One semi-rational two-fold way to look at today's rumor du jour -- Microsoft buying Yahoo, or not ... maybe -- is a) that people want Microsoft to do something to get out of its perceived funk; and b) that everything...

A New Yahoo Acquisition Rumor

Ooooh, I knew I shouldn't have told David Ascher about my Yahoo plans. Damn....

Updated: The Age/Entrepreneurship Myth

I pretty much entirely disagree with Fred Wilson's implication earlier this week that age is an obstacle to entrepreneurship. It may be an obstacle to a particular kind of entrepreneurship -- venture-backed companies where you give up equity to parental...

Reuters in Play, and Data Uber Alles

There is something in the media/advertising water. Having had DoubleClick and RightMedia dealt for, and Dow Jones kinda put in play, and Microsoft noshing with Yahoo on a deal, word is now that Reuters has been approached by a group,...

MicroHoo, and Non-Peeing Sections in the Internet Pool

As much as I believe that Microsoft needs to do something major, and as much as I have predicted that it would put Yahoo in play in 2007, the idea of Microsoft trying to buy Yahoo, while in a sense...