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sarah lacy

Valleywag woes won't stop SF journalist from talking about herself

"I always laugh when people talk about how 'self-promotional' I am," blogs vaguely-connected-to-BusinessWeek writer Sarah Lacy in a 902-word post, "given that for ten years of my career you never knew a thing about me other than my byline." Lacy says that Valleywag was more interesting when editor-owner Nick Denton wrote it. We think she's onto an interesting pattern: Sarah Lacy was more interesting when Nick Denton wrote about her, too.

1:40 PM on Thu Nov 13 2008
By Owen Thomas
5,736 views, 12 comments

Most discussed michaellamb: nice bra too more »

sarah lacy

The enemy within Yahoo

Sarah Lacy works at Yahoo. Sort of. As the anchor of Yahoo Finance's Tech Ticker show, Lacy is a contractor, an employment status which already makes her a second-class citizen on the Yahoo campus. But Yahoo's ostracism of its Web-video star goes further. She's not listed in Yahoo's electronic directory, and her badge doesn't admit her anywhere on campus. Jerry Yang, Yahoo's nervous-nelly CEO, seems afraid that the longtime Valley reporter might stumble across his secret layoff plans. What his ban has really accomplished: Obstructing floral deliveries.

11:40 AM on Wed Oct 29 2008
By Owen Thomas
1,781 views, 2 comments

Latest by SaparnaAmphinomus: What does Yahoo need in a new CEO? They need someone who is a business and technology person. They also more »

we read twitter so you don't have to

Sarah Lacy not getting a charge out of anyone lately

Yahoo Tech Ticker anchor Sarah Lacy's BlackBerry has run out of power. And she wants the entire Internet to know about it! Sadly, no one at Yahoo headquarters has responded to her passive-aggressively Twittered request. See, here's the thing about Twitter. More »

2:20 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Owen Thomas
1,744 views, 8 comments

Most discussed ciscokidinsf: Awesome. I just called Homeland Security to let them know so that they can lower the threat level to purple. more »

tech ticker

Sarah Lacy: No one cares about tech now

Some of Yahoo Tech Ticker's recent headlines have little to do with tech: "Senate Passes Bailout Bill: 74 to 25"; "Buffett Buys $3B of GE Preferred, Company Selling $12B of Common"; and "It's 'Absolute Nirvana' for Value Investors, Whitney Tilson Says." Tech Ticker talking head Sarah Lacy has posted an existential complaint. The title: "When Tech Reporters Become Irrelevant." When? We thought they always were. But we digress. Lacy writes that there's been one tech story this year mainstream enough for a Yahoo audience — the Microsoft-Yahoo non-merger — but that otherwise, "it's been a year of financial news." More »

9:20 AM on Thu Oct 2 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
782 views, 1 comment

Latest by michaellamb: Oh Sarah, there there. No one has cared about you for a long time. more »

books

Sarah Lacy's "very ambitious project"

Yahoo TechTicker talking head and BusinessWeek Sarah Lacy is planning "a very ambitious project" for her next book, she told Ben Haber. Lacy's contract with Yahoo expires in November 2009 and she told Haber she might take a year off after that to write the new book. More »

7:40 AM on Fri Sep 19 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
1,335 views, 9 comments

Most discussed MalcoveMagnesia: Anyone recognize the lettering on the door behind her? Looks like Hindi or Punjabi. If Lacy were on the subcontinent, more »

superficial

Microsoft looks for its own Sarah Lacy

If you can't hire a star, why not one of her best girlfriends? We hear Microsoft has poached BusinessWeek reporter Catherine Holahan for a new online-video project — MSN's answer to Yahoo Finance's Tech Ticker stocks show, which features Sarah Lacy, Holahan's former colleague at BusinessWeek and a close friend. (The two were rarely apart when they attended the SXSW conference where Lacy infamously interviewed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.) Lacy's known for her va-va-voom Diane Von Furstenberg wardrobe on Tech Ticker. But from the looks of some of her BusinessWeek videos, Holahan prefers a more informal look. Honestly, Catherine: Was a tank top the best look to go for, even when talking about as light a subject as Web widgets?

4:20 PM on Thu Sep 18 2008
By Owen Thomas
1,897 views, 10 comments

Most discussed Moonshine Mike: She looks like that girl from the old apple ads that was baked out of her mind. more »

ashton kutcher

Actor assures tech reporter he's not a puppet, but a real business boy

In a short interview for Yahoo, giggly Tech Ticker reporter Sarah Lacy gave model-turned-actor-turned-investor Ashton Kutcher a chance to let everyone know that he's not just a pretty face as a company founder, but "isn't getting much sleep" while managing every facet of his new startup, Blahgirls. This week he's been at the TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco promoting his new celebrity gossip and humor site, where cheeky, animated teenage girls keep a blog and appear in two short videos a week — in the first batch, we meet the character Stewart, a fey online gossip who, purely coincidentally, has a pink fauxhawk. Full interview after the jump. More »

9:00 PM on Wed Sep 10 2008
By Jackson West
3,636 views, 12 comments

Most discussed ld50: @jangregory his cartoons did not appeal to me one bit. and i can certainly appreciate cartoons- south park, family guy, more »

social networks

4 ways Facebook helped Sarah Lacy's career

Sarah Lacy, the BusinessWeek.com columnist whose pearl necklaces and resistance to insults I've always admired, explains to U.S. News & World Report how to use Facebook to "fire up your career." Yet she graciously avoids bragging about how she used Facebook to catapult herself to stardom. Lacy's personal assistant is just getting started on the job, so we thought we'd help out: More »

5:00 PM on Fri Aug 8 2008
By Melissa Gira Grant
4,233 views, 12 comments

Latest by jjones20: I cant possibly be the only one who thought zuckerberg looked worse during that interview. more »

blogging for dollars

Tech insiders learn the outside sucks

"I am really trying to get off of the PR bandwagon," declares the formerly PR-friendly Robert Scoble. "We write something is amazing in the morning and then total junk in the afternoon," gripes Web 2.0 event regular Sarah Lacy. You see, neither Scoble nor Lacy got one of the secret advance "pre-briefings" from overhyped search engine Cuil prior to the site's launch on Sunday night. So they didn't get to lead the charge of Cuil is kewl! announcements, nor the backwash of Umm, maybe not retractions. Don't dismiss the pair's lengthy posts as sour grapes. More »

9:00 AM on Thu Jul 31 2008
By Paul Boutin
2,433 views, 14 comments

Latest by macbeach: Don't they teach this in journalism school?: Everyone has an opinion. Being in the PR business (being mouthpiece for someone else's more »

nowpublic

Robert Scoble, other Valley bon vivants subject of latest ego-stroking linkbait

Vancouver-based NowPublic is ostensibly all about citizen journalism. But since Guy Kawasaki sold Truemors to it and signed up as an advisor, it's becoming better known for publishing flattering lists of "influencers," supposedly ranking them according to various social media metrics. The first "Most Public" list focused on New York, but a new list for the Valley and San Francisco is "coming soon." And by virtue of being included in the latest edition, we received an early copy as a press release. Who comes out on top? Ubiquitous attention slut Robert Scoble, naturally. Full list after the jump. More »

1:00 PM on Tue Jul 29 2008
By Jackson West
2,409 views, 23 comments

Latest by comandante: pete cashmore?!! i read mashable daily and love the focus and commitment to social media technology, but often the more »

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