Mark Milian

Has The Washington Post Lost Its Way? | Vanity Fair

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:41:05 -0700

Has The Washington Post Lost Its Way? | Vanity Fair:

“Quite famously we almost bought 10 percent of Facebook.” I asked why the company didn’t and he directed me instead to read David Kirkpatrick’s book, The Facebook Effect. Don Graham met Mark Zuckerberg in 2005, and later that year, according to the book, when Facebook was looking for financing, Zuckerberg and Graham verbally agreed to the terms of a Washington Post Company investment in Facebook. Soon after, Accel Partners, a prominent Silicon Valley private-equity firm, made a richer offer. Zuckerberg felt he had betrayed his agreement with Graham by meeting with the principals of Accel, and at one point left a dinner meeting with them and broke down in the restaurant’s restroom. Zuckerberg called Graham, who released him from his obligation to the Post. Zuckerberg agreed to a deal with Accel. Graham and Zuckerberg have remained friends, and in 2008 Graham joined the board of Facebook. (Graham’s daughter Molly works at Facebook and his daughter Laura works at a Washington Post-owned division, SocialCode, which advises companies on buying Facebook ads.) According to PrivCo, a firm that researches private companies, if Graham had persuaded Zuckerberg to honor his agreement, the Post’s stake in Facebook after the imminent I.P.O. might have been worth $7 billion, more than double the market capitalization of the entire Post Company.

If there was a Dislike button, Graham would be clicking it.

"One of the things I wanted to do was to have a magazine which you could graze"

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:42:05 -0700

“One of the things I wanted to do was to have a magazine which you could graze”

- Richard Turley, design director for Bloomberg Businessweek, in Bloomberg’s Richard Turley: Meet The Guy Who Has Totally Reinvented Businessweek’s Design

An Oral History of the Rise and Fall (and Rise) of "The Dana Carvey Show": Movies + TV: GQ

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:41:05 -0800

An Oral History of the Rise and Fall (and Rise) of "The Dana Carvey Show": Movies + TV: GQ:

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Steve Jobs and Me: A journalist reminisces - Fortune Tech

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:40:06 -0800

Steve Jobs and Me: A journalist reminisces - Fortune Tech:

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Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs’s Reality Distortion Field - Businessweek

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:28:05 -0800

Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs’s Reality Distortion Field - Businessweek:

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Hyperink, a Content Farm That Grows Books - BusinessWeek

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:41:05 -0800

Hyperink, a Content Farm That Grows Books - BusinessWeek:

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Kindle Fire, and the tricky business of chasing scoops | Real Dan Lyons Web Site

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:23:05 -0800

Kindle Fire, and the tricky business of chasing scoops | Real Dan Lyons Web Site:

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Dinner at Rupert's - BusinessWeek

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:41:05 -0800

Dinner at Rupert's - BusinessWeek:

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Luck Is Just the Spark for Business Giants - NYTimes.com

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:21:05 -0800

Luck Is Just the Spark for Business Giants - NYTimes.com:

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Print - Ricky Gervais: The ESQ+A - Esquire

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:41:05 -0800

Print - Ricky Gervais: The ESQ+A - Esquire:

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Jawbone’s Wristband Health Monitor - Businessweek

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:20:06 -0800

Jawbone’s Wristband Health Monitor - Businessweek:

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Apple's Supply-Chain Secret? Hoard Lasers - BusinessWeek

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:40:06 -0800

Apple's Supply-Chain Secret? Hoard Lasers - BusinessWeek:

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The Code of the Winklevii | Business | Vanity Fair

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:20:05 -0800

The Code of the Winklevii | Business | Vanity Fair:

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Quanta Seeks Profit in the iPad Era - Businessweek

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:41:05 -0800

Quanta Seeks Profit in the iPad Era - Businessweek:

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Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble | Fast Company

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:41:06 -0800

Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble | Fast Company:

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Tumblr Hires Writers to Cover Itself - NYTimes.com

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:30:05 -0800

Tumblr Hires Writers to Cover Itself - NYTimes.com:

Will it have an Emma Watson beat?

New Sony Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai Reveals Fast-Forward Plans - WSJ.com

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:40:06 -0800

New Sony Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai Reveals Fast-Forward Plans - WSJ.com:

Kunimasa Suzuki, who is Mr. Hirai’s deputy in overseeing the videogame and consumer-electronics divisions, said before the UX group was formed, they discovered that four different product category groups were working on separate projects for a tablet computer to challenge the iPad.

It’s not just the Android OS running on Sony’s tablets that is fragmented.

Passion, Not Perks | Think Quarterly by Google

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:31:05 -0700

Passion, Not Perks | Think Quarterly by Google:

Google exec says perks don’t matter, but offers free food, ping-pong tables and volleyball anyway.

Business hours: some times (Taken with Instagram at Panhandle...

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 16:07:47 -0700

Business hours: some times (Taken with Instagram at Panhandle Guitars)

"If you’re thinking of acquiring a company and want to keep it a secret, tell everyone in the..."

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:00:06 -0700

“If you’re thinking of acquiring a company and want to keep it a secret, tell everyone in the company, let them all in on the truth. Say, “Listen, if this gets out, we’ll probably lose the deal, so we’re all in this together.” People are getting more sophisticated. The only way to deal is by being honest and open and truthful.”

- Biz Stone in Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone to Advise M.B.A. Students at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business - WSJ.com