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Monday, November 5, 2007

Last Week in BoomTown: Peter Thiel, Writers’ Strike, OpenSocial, Hulu!

In case you missed them, check out these stories from last week:
Kara Visits VC Peter Thiel: A video interview with the first investor in Facebook, who also sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion. Thiel’s take: Web 2.0 is underhyped! Writers’ Strike!: The battle is on in Hollywood, as writers and studios fight over DVD fees split, but there is also wrangling over potential profits from new media efforts.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Rumors, Rumors Everywhere, but Not a Lot to Think (Except AOL-Quigo?)

So there is a lot of swirl out there about a spate of companies and their supposed plans.
In the interest of time-saving, we will group them all here in one easy list that you can clip and save.
DEALS AFOOT?:
Yes, there is always a lot of sniffing around out there, especially given that a lot of [...]

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Maka-Maka Melee for Zuckerberg or Maka-Maka Beautiful Music Together?

Please see this disclosure related to me and Google.
Once it’s out (and sooner than later, we are guessing), we’ll all be able to consider whether Google’s new Maka-Maka project–a way to create an open social graph over the Web that is third-party apps friendly–is a real attempted assault on the Facebook platform or more of [...]

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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. Read more »

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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