Comments on: Business Week followup: Valuing assets http://www.wordyard.com/2006/08/07/business-week-followup/ Technology, politics, culture Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tristan Tom http://www.wordyard.com/2006/08/07/business-week-followup/#comment-136 Tristan Tom Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:38:39 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1092#comment-136 "About the headline: "How This Kid Made $60 Million In 18 Months." Outside of a regular paycheck, digg hasn’t 'made' me any money – I’m not a millionaire. I assume that their numbers were all based on estimates of the company’s worth." from: http://diggtheblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/businessweek-story_08.html “About the headline:
“How This Kid Made $60 Million In 18 Months.”
Outside of a regular paycheck, digg hasn’t ‘made’ me any money – I’m not a millionaire. I assume that their numbers were all based on estimates of the company’s worth.”

from:
http://diggtheblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/businessweek-story_08.html

]]> By: Traditional Media’s Latest Credibility Hits | Center for Citizen Media: Blog http://www.wordyard.com/2006/08/07/business-week-followup/#comment-135 Traditional Media’s Latest Credibility Hits | Center for Citizen Media: Blog Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:35:21 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1092#comment-135 [...] After its ridiculous cover headline claiming that Digg.com’s founder has “made $60 million” — based on valuations, not cashed in for real money, by unnamed people “in the know” — Business Week is still refusing to acknowledge its goof, as Scott Rosenberg’s notes in a trenchant post: Now the magazine can either publish a correction, which I doubt it will ever do, or live with the diminished credibility it deserves. [...] [...] After its ridiculous cover headline claiming that Digg.com’s founder has “made $60 million” — based on valuations, not cashed in for real money, by unnamed people “in the know” — Business Week is still refusing to acknowledge its goof, as Scott Rosenberg’s notes in a trenchant post: Now the magazine can either publish a correction, which I doubt it will ever do, or live with the diminished credibility it deserves. [...]

]]> By: Scripting News Annex » Scripting News for 8/7/2006 http://www.wordyard.com/2006/08/07/business-week-followup/#comment-134 Scripting News Annex » Scripting News for 8/7/2006 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:24:46 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1092#comment-134 [...] Scott Rosenberg: “The magazine can either publish a correction, which I doubt it will ever do, or live with the diminished credibility it deserves.”  [...] [...] Scott Rosenberg: “The magazine can either publish a correction, which I doubt it will ever do, or live with the diminished credibility it deserves.”  [...]

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