Month: October 2005

“The whole point about blogs is that they’re not part of big media. Consolidation defeats the purpose. It’s way too early.”

Gawker Media CEO Nick Denton, on why he’s not selling out … yet, News.com, 7 October 2005

“I see us as a 21st-century tech company that drives media.”

Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, on what his company is doing down in Santa Monica, Jeffrey McManus’s blog, 6 October 2005

http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2005/10/terry_semel_at_.html

“We took a conscious decision not to go to the theatres as the movie was done mostly on a voluntary basis.”

Finnish filmmaker Timo Vuorensola, on giving away a product for free on the Internet that he’d never be able to charge for anyway, Sify News, 5 October 2005

“We’re talking about putting our assets together so we can leverage each other’s distribution.”

Sun Microsystems president Jonathan Schwartz, on suckering Google into an “I’ll-give-away-yours-if-you-give-away-mine” software distribution deal, News.com, 4 October 2005

“I like to think that even if we make some really bad choices and go down some bad paths, we’ll eventually emerge from it.”

Software manual publisher Tim O’Reilly, on his dream of getting $45 for a JavaScript wiki, Wired magazine, October 2005

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.10/oreilly.html