Month: November 1999

“Mainstreamers are coming online. I don’t want to create the niche show. I want to create the ‘Seinfeld.'”

Warner Bros. online executive Jim Moloshok, on his plans for content to fill the gaping content void on Entertaindom.com, The New York Times, 9 November 1999

“Paul Allen is building [cable company Charter Communications] from the bottom up and he’s doing it with acquisitions.”

IPO.com analyst Jeff Hirschkorn, who no doubt believes the Microsoft billionaire also bakes his cookies from scratch using frozen dough, News.com, 8 November 1999

“From the very beginning, we’ve said we would like nothing better than to settle this case.”

Bill Gates, reacting to the antitrust decision that promises to skin, gut, and fillet his software company, San Jose Mercury News, 5 November 1999

“We are extremely disappointed that eBay has decided to build a wall around their marketplace and put their own interests ahead of their customers and the Internet at large.”

AuctionWatch.com CEO Rodrigo Sales, on eBay’s selective blocking of his company’s auction search engines, Wired News, 4 November 1999

“Clearly, our audience is there. There’s also a lot of talent gravitating toward the new media world.”

New Line Cinema executive vice president Jim Rosenthal, explaining his company’s investment in Snowball.com, an Internet company that recently acquired its new brand name from a gay porn Web site, San Francisco Examiner, 3 November 1999