“I thought there was no way to put the genie back in the bottle, but now it seems in certain areas the genie has been put back in the bottle.”
Google cofounder Sergey Brin, explaining how Internet freedom can’t be won with wishes, The Guardian, 15 April 2012
“Newspapers are kind of dreary, depressed places. I would go the penniless Web route to get practice.”
Well-paid pontificator Malcolm Gladwell, on why his successors in the media business should avoid the troublesome practice of paying their rent and student loans, Media Decoder, 13 April 2012
“While Patch is in a continual process of truly fascinating evolution and only a toddler of a company, it has definitely left ‘scratch’ in the dust.”
Patch editor-in-chief Brian Farnham, describing the impact the AOL-owned hyperlocal network has had with unwitting accuracy in a post announcing his resignation, Patch Blog, 11 April 2012
“When in doubt, defer to the entrepreneur.”
Journalist turned venture capitalist MG Siegler, summing up why he left truth-telling for stake-selling, Parislemon, 10 April 2012
“Obviously much of the communication I’ve had with the company the last week is private and confidential. I will share this email that I sent to Sarah this morning, though.”
Venture journalist Michael Arrington, outlining his confidentiality policy in a post explaining that he’s shocked, shocked to have been fired as a board member by PandoDaily founder Sarah Lacy, his former TechCrunch protégée, Uncrunched, 9 April 2012
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