Author: Matt

“The restructuring solves problems of spending money in areas we don’t have to spend money in.”

N2K CEO Larry Rosen, on recent real-world layoffs in his company’s music label, The Industry Standard, 18 August 1998

“The Internet is the great democratizer; it’s about what I think, not about what the media thinks.”

Time Daily editor Josh Quittner, blissfully unaware of his membership in the meme-shaping media elite, ZDNN, 17 August 1998

“One of the terrible and great things about SonicNet is we have no walls. What happens if we put up walls?”

SonicNet founder Nicholas Butterworth, expressing his trepidations about moving into honest-to-God real offices, funded by corporate sugar daddy TCI, The New York Times, 17 August 1998

“It’s all about now. Other people say the message is about tomorrow, but the technology is here today. There always is going to be a tomorrow.”

John Slitz Jr., Novell’s senior vice president of corporate marketing, on his company’s plans to roll out products pronto, Marketing Computers, August 1998

“From the standpoint of CitySearch’s IPO, the strategic benefits of the merger are even more compelling than the prospect of pursuing an independent path as a public company.”

CitySearch CEO Charles Conn, on the merger of his company with USA Networks’ interactive division, which spared him an embarrassing Wall Street debut, News.com, 13 August 1998