Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

The Mercury News has volumnious coverage today of the latest charges to hit notorious investment banker Frank Quattrone. I particularly urge you to read this story by Deborah Lohse, who obtained some of the most detailed information yet about the … Continue reading →

Mercury News: Ex-CSFB banker charged with `spinning’ violations. The key evidence of this allegation revolves around the timing of a December 2000 e-mail message Quattrone sent to employees endorsing a colleague’s suggestion to purge company files. Quattrone’s e-mail was sent … Continue reading →

John Gilmore sends along a link to the Boycott Delta site. Why boycott Delta Airlines? “Starting later this month, Delta passengers will be asked a lot more than

Heading to Chicago today (actually Evanston), for a two-day visit at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, one of the premier institutions of its kind. I’ll be visiting several classes and speaking on a panel. The topic, as regular readers … Continue reading →

Tony Perkins was instrumental in building the Red Herring into a highly profitable enterprise. His financial eyes were, to coin an old phrase, bigger than his stomach — and now the enterprise has folded (SF Chronicle). Makes you wonder if … Continue reading →

I’m taking a few days off, and don’t plan too many postings before the latter part of next week. Comments

I visited Dave Sifry yesterday at his office. By day he’s deep into one of the more interesting wireless experiments, Sputnik, and in his copious (not) free time he’s put together Technorati, a service that keeps track of weblog links … Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times: Koufax Shuts Out Dodgers. Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax, whose brilliance on the mound captivated fans in the 1960s and defined the Dodgers’ greatest era in Los Angeles, has severed ties with the club in protest … Continue reading →

A reader alerts me that the domain registrar everyone loves to hate, Verisign’s Network Solutions, has cut prices on renewals. My informant says he asked NSI for a lower price but was told no way. He then started the switch-registrar … Continue reading →

The Hill: GOP threats halted GAO Cheney suit. The controversy with Cheney came to a head in December after U.S. District Court Judge John Bates, citing separation of powers, ruled that Walker lacked sufficient grounds to compel Cheney to disclose … Continue reading →