Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

Slashdot: Age Discrimination, Indian-Style. In April, IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano told investors Big Blue hopes to dodge an estimated $6 billion in liability stemming from a judge’s ruling that IBM violated U.S. federal age discrimination laws. In May, IBM closes … Continue reading →

Mercury News (reg req): Future budgets sure to fall short, state analyst says. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to balance the upcoming budget would exacerbate California’s long-term mismatch between spending and income, creating a nearly $8 billion shortfall two years from … Continue reading →

This is where you can say pretty much what you want. Please behave, though. Comments

This is where you can say pretty much what you want. Please behave, though. Comments Posted by: wahoofive on May 18, 2004 07:48 AM Why are online bill-paying services so expensive? It seems as if the going rate is about … Continue reading →

UPDATED A security hole in the Blogrolling software is fixed. Elliot Noss, who runs the company that owns Blogrolling, is unhappy that I linked to Hoder’s original posting about this earlier today. Here’s his site’s update on the issue. Hoder … Continue reading →

The Sinclair Broadcast Group has joined the broadcasting Hall of Cowardice with its craven decision to prevent its customers from seeing tonight’s Nightline broadcast, on which anchor Ted Koppel will read the names and show pictures of the American service … Continue reading →

Alex Chadwick asked me to visit his mid-day NPR show, Day to Day, to chat about my book project. You can hear the result on this page (scroll down). Comments Posted by: Larry Menkes on April 24, 2004 05:06 PM … Continue reading →

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 →