http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/17/the-unsurprising-departure-of-jason-calacanis/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:41:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/17/the-unsurprising-departure-of-jason-calacanis/#comment-26940 Rob Hyndman Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:54:55 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/17/the-unsurprising-departure-of-jason-calacanis/#comment-26940 A very fair point, Rafat - I have to admit that when I wrote that I wasn't thinking so much of whether any of you actually had posted or generally did post on "rumour" as opposed to confirmed news, as I was responding to poetic impulses after having a particularly vivid imagining comparing the race for a Valley scoop to newsies from a 1940's movie rushing out of the courtroom to report the news. It wasn't intended as commentary on what was being reported, but rather an opinion that we are seeing the emergence of some very evolved behaviour among social media sites that trade in "news". Cheers A very fair point, Rafat - I have to admit that when I wrote that I wasn’t thinking so much of whether any of you actually had posted or generally did post on “rumour” as opposed to confirmed news, as I was responding to poetic impulses after having a particularly vivid imagining comparing the race for a Valley scoop to newsies from a 1940’s movie rushing out of the courtroom to report the news. It wasn’t intended as commentary on what was being reported, but rather an opinion that we are seeing the emergence of some very evolved behaviour among social media sites that trade in “news”. Cheers

]]> http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/17/the-unsurprising-departure-of-jason-calacanis/#comment-26767 Rafat Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:28:03 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/17/the-unsurprising-departure-of-jason-calacanis/#comment-26767 Rob Responding to this line: "it looks like Om, PaidContent and Denton all had the rumours as well, and everyone seems to have tumbled down the courthouse steps in a rush to report" No, we did not carry the "rumor"...we did not post our story until we had the confirmation, that is, jason's post on his blog and NYT's story with his short interview confirming his departure. we tried contacting him in the day... just as a general rule, we don't trade in rumors. thanks for reading rafat Rob
Responding to this line: “it looks like Om, PaidContent and Denton all had the rumours as well, and everyone seems to have tumbled down the courthouse steps in a rush to report”
No, we did not carry the “rumor”…we did not post our story until we had the confirmation, that is, jason’s post on his blog and NYT’s story with his short interview confirming his departure. we tried contacting him in the day…
just as a general rule, we don’t trade in rumors.
thanks for reading
rafat

]]> http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/17/the-unsurprising-departure-of-jason-calacanis/#comment-26731 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Who Broke the Yahoo-MyBlogLog Story? Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:27:41 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/17/the-unsurprising-departure-of-jason-calacanis/#comment-26731 [...] On a few occasions recently I’ve noted how Mike Arrington has persistently scooped the financial media on tech deals - most famously, perhaps, in the Google-YouTube deal. And just this morning I noted that Valleywag was now in the game, too. And an interesting game it is for media watchers, with others such as GigaOm and PaidContent in the thick of it as well. I see it as an example of how social media is displacing the traditional news media from one of its last bastions - original news collection. [...] [...] On a few occasions recently I’ve noted how Mike Arrington has persistently scooped the financial media on tech deals - most famously, perhaps, in the Google-YouTube deal. And just this morning I noted that Valleywag was now in the game, too. And an interesting game it is for media watchers, with others such as GigaOm and PaidContent in the thick of it as well. I see it as an example of how social media is displacing the traditional news media from one of its last bastions - original news collection. [...]

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