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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Sen. John ‘Comeback Jack’ McCain at D5

How far ahead of the political curve is our D: All Things Digital conference?
So far that we put all those bendy-straws-in-the-wind television pundits to shame!
Case in point: At D4, we invited former Vice President Al Gore to come just before everyone decided he was the best thing since organic whole-wheat sliced bread.
And [...]

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Thursday, November 1, 2007

Politics Courts (Once More With Feeling) the Blog

The influence of the blogosphere and online sites in politics, which was writ large in the last presidential election, will come as no surprise in the upcoming one.
Today, The Wall Street Journal’s Amy Schatz looks at the impact of bloggers for a site called Blue Hampshire.
The influential site in the New Hampshire primary only [...]

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Monday, May 21, 2007

Monday Morning Quarterback 4: The ‘Bat-Shit’ Insane Edition

I like this piece on Gigaom.com by Kevin Kelleher, mostly because he uses the phrase “bat-shit insanity” to describe the $6 billion Microsoft is paying to acquire aQuantive (which I wrote about here) and compares the software giant to an aging movie star in this tasty way:

So aQuantive as an investment is kind of like [...]

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About Kara

Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference.

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Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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