6 posts and columns on Josh Quittner

LinkedIn Connects With Fortune’s Dan Roth

in News on June 22, 2011 at 11:10 am PT

LinkedIn wants to become more than a networking site for professionals: It has ambitions to become a sort of media company, too. Now it’s bringing in someone to help them pull that off.
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Sports Illustrated Lets Its iPad App Stand Up Again

in Media on November 18, 2010 at 1:06 pm PT

Earlier this fall the Time Inc. magazine tried making a point to Apple by making its iPad app harder to use. That’s over–but Time Warner is still making noises about its eagerness to work with other tablet makers.

Sports Illustrated Tells iPad Readers to Turn Around

in Media on September 20, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Magazine publishers keep adding bells and whistles to their iPad editions. But Sports Illustrated’s newest tweak goes the other way, and takes an option off the table. It’s supposed to save the publisher money, and send a message to Steve Jobs.

Is That a Real New York Times App or a Fake? Apple Doesn’t Want to Know.

in Media on January 14, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Has the New York Times finally started charging people to read its news online? Not yet. But people who aren’t the New York Times are using the paper’s name and charging iPhone users to read the paper’s stuff–with Apple’s blessing. What gives?
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Can Adobe and Apple Play Nicely When–And If–The Tablet Shows Up?

in Media on November 19, 2009 at 3:33 pm PT

Adobe is preparing to put magazines on Apple’s purported wondertablet. But what if that device, like Apple’s iPhone, doesn’t want to work with Adobe?
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And the Zuckerberg-Bashing Begins…

in News on December 4, 2007 at 2:12 pm PT

As inevitable as air, Silicon Valley likes to build them up and then tear them down. Thus, the bell now tolls for Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg. We at BoomTown have been consistent and persistent in voicing our various worries about the young entrepreneur, from one of our very first posts, questioning (we think fairly) the [...]