Archive for September 22nd, 2007
Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are tied for #5 in this years’ Forbes Magazine list of the richest Americans. They’re both 34 years old, and their net worth went up about $4.5 billion each in the last year. They displace members of the Walton family, of Wal-Mart fame. Sergey and Larry have an estimated $18.5 billion apiece. Bill Gates, of course, is at #1 (it’s his 14th year in a row at the top spot) with $59 billion, Warren Buffet’s #2 with $52 billion, Sheldon Adelson (you’ve probably been in one of his casinos) is #3, Oracle’s Larry Ellison is #4. As soon as Cory sells LR, we’ll make the list and we’re totally sharing the money with you. Seriously.
September 22nd, 2007
Mark Cuban is among those in the bidding to buy the Chicago Cubs and, if this ESPN article is anything to go by, he’s a fan-favorite choice. Asked via email about his bid to buy the Cubbies, “the Mavericks’ owner coyly replied via e-mail, “All I can say is anything I do, I do to win.’” Tribune Co. is selling the Cubs, and it could cost the newcomers around $1 billion to buy the team and Wrigley Field. Cuban, of course, already owns the Dallas Mavericks and is noted for doing things his way - which may mean the stiffs who run MLB will take issue with his bid. But whether you like Mark or not (and - full disclosure - I do), you have to admit it would perfect to have a CUB-an own the team.
September 22nd, 2007
MSN has launched a new video experience, currently in beta, that merges its traditional video offerings with user video clips from Soapbox. And it’s in Flash.
Clean, straightforward presentation. Easy to navigate.
Click a clip and a medium rectangle companion ad animates out of the side of the player. Interestingly, I could only get a pre-roll ad to play on the first clip per session. (I wonder if that’s just a beta setting?) Meanwhile, there’s a smaller ad unit that rests beneath the player and changes with every clip played. Meanwhile, MSNBC.com is preparing to launch its own new video experience, so stay tuned for that.
September 22nd, 2007
