Playboy wants you to vote for the world’s hottest blogger. Since hotness conveys best through video, every one of their candidates hosts an online video show.
The winner gets a Playboy shoot. Alas, Veronica Belmont (center left) has already turned them down in advance.
Hugh Hefner is my hero, but I must bemoan the terribly limited choices in this poll. Where’s Lindsay Campbell? Where’s Happy Slip? Where’s Hot For Words? Hef’s ideas about beauty have always been highly inclusive; Playboy’s online initiatives should reflect those ideas.
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Yahoo Shareholders See the LightSource:
http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/b5media/TechSideUp/~3/...Post Date: 2008-07-18 22:40:22
I say Yahoo did the right thing by fighting off Microsoft. Dvorak says shareholders who disagree are sick and greedy. Carl Icahn, champion of the sick and greedy, proposes a board full of losers.
Good to see Yahoo’s biggest shareholders finally see the light.
Carl Icahn’s chances to win the Yahoo proxy war, which had been getting increasingly slim, just dropped to next-to-nothing: Legg Mason’s Bill Miller, who controls 4.4% of of Yahoo shares, just formally sided with Jerr...
Leave Google Alone!Source:
http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/b5media/TechSideUp/~3/...Post Date: 2008-07-18 04:21:18
Why are tech shareholders so greedy? Yahoo defends itself from a hostile takeover, and Wall Street punishes them for shunning a suicide payday.
Now, Google reports spectacular growth, and Wall Street punishes them for not growing spectacularly enough.
Uh, what?
Google (GOOG) reported net profits of $1.25 billion, or $3.92 per share for the second quarter. Excluding stock-option costs, Google came in at $4.63 per share. The Street had expected $4.74, according to a Thomson Financial surve...