Is The Blogher Conference Sexist?

To those organizers I challenge them to look in the mirror and realize that you’ve now become the same evil and sexist pigs you started out with the goal of overcoming.

eBay Meeting With Luxury Goods Manufacturers

Even if eBay could win them all (and at this point, it hasn't) lawsuits from luxury goods manufacturers would get old after a while.  So, in a surprisingly logical move, lawyers representing the auction site are going to meet with the other side.

Pew: Newspapers Circling The Wagons

The newspaper industry is at a crossroads, and a fresh report from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism confirms this beyond all doubt.  What's interesting is that industry experts have a hard time agreeing on whether the intersection is good or bad, and whether to praise or blame the Internet's role in shaping it.

Serious Sports Fans Spend More Time Online

Enthusiastic sports fans account for 19 percent of overall online users and represent a lucrative online audience according to a new report from JupiterResearch.Since serious sports fans spend more time online, watch more online video and shop more online, sports sites need to integrate the right balance of video and social features into their destinations, the report found.

Carl Icahn Will Be Joining The Yahoo Board

Here’s an interesting twist in the Yahoo/Microsoft/Icahn love triangle–Carl Icahn and Yahoo have just kissed and made-up. Under a newly announced settlement, Carl Icahn and two of his cohorts will be elected to Yahoo’s board of directors.