Monthly Archives: October 2003

Institute for Public Relations: International Index of Bribery for News Coverage. Bribery of the media, according to the study, is most likely to occur in China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Pakistan. By contrast, those countries with the best ratings … Continue reading →

I’m going to the polling place today to vote in California’s beyond-absurd election. If you live here, too, I urge you to vote. Comments

Washington Post: Witness Says He Informed Quattrone of Subpoenas . Central to the case is what Quattrone knew about government subpoenas when he forwarded an e-mail message from an associate encouraging employees under him to “clean up their files” on … Continue reading →

Mercury News: VeriSign to suspend Site Finder service. VeriSign said Friday that it will suspend its controversial new Internet address search service after the regulatory body overseeing the Net’s domain name system threatened a courtroom showdown. The service had been … Continue reading →

Heading to Boston for the BloggerCon gathering, where I’m on a panel on Sunday. Updates much later today. Comments

ICANN, the domain-name governance organization, has demanded that Verisign stop hijacking mis-typed domain names to its own search site. Verisign’s action has harmed fundamental Internet infrastructure, and so far the company’s response to the community’s widespread outrage has been a … Continue reading →

I’m back in California, following the Frank Quattrone trial from afar after peeking in Tuesday in New York to catch the opening arguments. Here’s today’s story from the Mercury News. (Lots more here.) Chris Nolan, covering the Frank Quattrone trial … Continue reading →