The New York Enterprise Report just received its first round of funding in its 6-year history.  The New York Enterprise Report is a magazine and informational resource for small businesses located in the greater New York City area. Among the prominent investors in this round of funding is Norm ...

As I watch the mounting list of faltering newspapers, I'm reminded of the typical storyline for a horror movie- Everybody is a potential victim, and you don't know who's going to die next, but it's going to bloody. Following Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filings by the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New Have...

Since the Kunaki store generally sucks, I’m putting my stuff on CD Baby. Absent, Mute, and Stochastic Resonance are for sale for $10.00 each, or $5.00 each if you buy all three. If there’s a good reaction, I’ll see about making the rest of the catalog available. By all means, feel ...

Rasta don't work for no CIA. But Bob Marley now works for a private equity firm. Bob died in 1981. And outrageously, ungrateful fucking fans have been putting him on T-shirts ever since then without even paying a fucking fee, the fucking ingrates. What did Bob Marley stand for, if not proper licensi...

startups, e-commerce, Artificial Intelligence Gregory T. Huang wrote: Among the current crop of ex-Microsofties building software startups, Emmanuel Marot is unique. Not just because he hails from Niort, a town in western France, by way of Paris (or for his impeccable fashion sense), but because he ...

Was CM Magazine this good before it became Audience Development? Hard to say because I do like shiny new things, but the latest issue is a winner. Nxtbook Customer Denise Robbins has some great insight into social media. You can view the online article here, though it’s missing the sidebar fro...

This guy   has managed to bring in some 83 million dollars in the past three weeks. In light of the grim economic outlook January’s movie revenues are a surprise to the industry. North American ticket sales are up 20% compared to the same time last year and ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop’ ...

Western Digital LogoAgainst a backdrop of dwindling demand, credit difficulties for customers, and too much inventory, Western Digital is introducing a 2-terabyte hard drive with 3 1/2 inch platters, the largest capacity hard drive in the industry. Is this an opportune time to introduce a next gener...

If the Wordle and other coverage isn’t enough, here’s Sun editor, Rebekah Wade’s Hugh Cudlipp speech in full [note: may have differed very slightly in actual delivery]: The challenging future of national and regional newspapers is now the staple diet of media commentators. If you h...

Earlier today Microsoft decided it would drop the bomb early by moving its second-quarter earnings conference call with Wall Street analysts to 8 a.m. PST, instead of 2:30 p.m. PST. Microsoft earlier reported a sharp decline in revenues and net income, as well as layoffs of up to 5,000 employees and...