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Conflict of interest, Web 2.0-style

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Update:

Bambi Francisco has decided to leave her job at Marketwatch and run Vator.tv full-time, which I think is the right move to make, and I wish her well. And Pete Cashmore notes that the whole conflict of interest brouhaha (or is it more of a kerfuffle?) has actually be ... Continue reading »

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  • David

    2 years ago

    Matthew
    She isn't an investor in Vator, it is her company. She started it, and got Peter as an investor and has been out actively raising money. That part CNET and WSJ got wrong.
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  • Mathew

    2 years ago

    Thanks for the comment, David -- I'm aware of that from Matt's post and others. If anything though, that makes the conflict worse.
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  • Randy Charles Morin

    2 years ago

    What new? How is this different than TechCrunch? Mike brags that conflict of interest is what makes TechCrunch great. You link to him all the time? How come you aren't asking Mike to leave TechCrunch?
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  • Mathew

    2 years ago

    Well, Randy, I can think of a few things that make it different -- one is that Mike has said he doesn't take shares in companies, as he mentioned in the ZDNet story, and he declares his conflicts openly. As far as I can tell, Bambi has done the former and not done the latter.
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  • Randy Charles Morin

    2 years ago

    Mathew, that completely untrue. Mike has been caught too many times trying to conceal his conflicts of interest.
    http://www.valleywag.com/tech/techcrunch/disclo...
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  • Mathew

    2 years ago

    I realize Mike has had some issues in the past with disclosure of conflicts, but I get the impression he has gotten better at disclosing them -- certainly a lot better than Bambi was at disclosing hers. You're free to disagree, of course.
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  • HMTKSteve

    2 years ago

    Would it be a conflict of interest if someone from Ford Motors started up an after market parts company?

    Is this only a conflict of interests because they are pushing a company that was started by a former employee?

    We are talking about journalism and reporting. If it is news it should be reported.
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