Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 8:46 am PT
On some level of journalism, I guess anything
could happen.
But does that mean it should?
Some sensational stories in tech of late have led to some even more sensational reporting.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 14, 2010 at 3:45 pm PT
After showing off financial numbers that blew away Wall Street’s earnings estimates, what could Google do for an encore? Trot out even more numbers, via a tantalizing but not-that-revealing striptease.
Kara Swisher in News on June 22, 2010 at 8:43 am PT
Oh dear, here it comes round again, like a bout of the flu–the indefatigable narrative about how Microsoft is headed downhill at an alarming speed, how CEO Steve Ballmer is about to get the boot and how it is all really, really true since the echo chamber of tech keeps repeating it.
But is the sky really falling?
Peter Kafka in Media on July 23, 2009 at 1:19 pm PT
Amazon’s Q2 was just what Wall Street was expecting–which in Wall Street’s perverse logic means that Wall Street will be disappointed. Amazon delivered net sales of $4.65 billion and earnings of 32 cents per share; consensus called for $4.67 billion and 32 cents. Jeff Bezos might have been able to allay investors’ worries, but he was a no-show for the conference call.
Peter Kafka in Media on March 2, 2009 at 2:20 pm PT
The New York Times says Web publishers are increasingly worried about aggregators who hoover up their stories. I can think of one publisher who has been acting that way–the New York Times.
Kara Swisher in News on February 5, 2009 at 8:00 am PT
Last week, an obviously jet lagged (and badly dressed, as some troglodyte commenters on Yahoo pointed out, but it was
snowing!) BoomTown visited with Henry Blodget at Yahoo’s Tech Ticker studio in Times Square to talk about a range of digital topics.
The video interviews included: How well Apple will do without Steve Jobs on deck; whether blogging reporting and professionalism standards need to rise; when Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Time Warner online unit AOL will stop dancing around various deals; and, finally, how the recession is impacting Silicon Valley.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 14, 2009 at 1:36 pm PT
The back and forth between the paper of record and an august monthly continues. But the real story is that a previously unimaginable question–will the Times fold in 2009?–is now being taken seriously.
John Paczkowski in News on January 2, 2009 at 3:00 am PT
With the economy continuing to sour and consumer tech spending slowing, speculation is running rampant that Microsoft may soon join the sad conga line of tech companies announcing layoffs. According to an unsubstantiated, poorly sourced report currently making the rounds, Redmond is steeling itself for a massive staff reduction.
Kara Swisher in News on December 17, 2008 at 12:00 am PT
Boomtown extends apologies to the late Francis P. Church, who penned the original “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus” editorial in the New York Sun in 1897. But with a little rejiggering, his eloquent words work perfectly as a translation for Apple’s press release about its withdrawal from Macworld yesterday, which doubtlessly shook the Apple faithful to the core. Oddly enough, it matches up surprisingly–and a little disturbingly–well. Thus, here’s a little holiday inspiration to help those poor souls make it through these darkest of days.
Kara Swisher in News on October 20, 2008 at 5:25 pm PT
Silicon Alley Insider’s Henry Blodget sounds an important horn again, namely, outlining in graphically ugly detail why graphical advertising-based businesses online are in big trouble.
In his post, Blodget shows some convincing graphs about past performance trends, including the years after the first bubble burst, from 2000 to 2002, which could augur what is to come for the display business.
And it ain’t pretty.
