EAT MY SHORTS

“This can be the basis for the digital distribution of entertainment, if we wanted to deliver original content, films or TV shorts.”

Fox executive Ross Levinson, on force-feeding content to the users of News Corp.’s new Internet acquisitions, Los Angeles Times, 9 September 2005

MY COMPENSATION PACKAGE WAS ESPECIALLY CREATIVE

“What I really like about Eric, Larry, Sergey and the whole Google family is its collective and eminent practicality and seemingly boundless creativity.”

Vint Cerf, on ditching MCI to join Google, Google Blog, 8 September 2005

THAT’S SO DUH

“I got tired of not being able to download my own music.”

Madonna, on licensing her music catalog to iTunes because she apparently couldn’t figure out how to use file-sharing software to download it, Engadget, 7 September 2005

THE STANDARD RETENTION PACKAGE INCLUDES A TABLE-THROWING

“Mark’s decision to leave was disappointing and I urged him strongly to change his mind. But his characterization of that meeting is not accurate.”

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, denying that he threw a chair after learning that an engineer was leaving to join Google, News.com, 2 September 2005

NEITHER SNOW NOR RAIN NOR HEAT NOR FIBER-OPTIC CUTS

“Is the Internet hurting the mails, or helping? It’s doing both.”

Pitney Bowes CEO Michael Critelli, on the cunning persistence of atom-shifters in an age of bits, The New York Times, 4 September 2005