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Mark Pincus finds his match
We should have known that dot-com wonderboy Mark Pincus was maturing when he sold Tribe, his social network for Burning Man attendees, to Cisco earlier this year. After a few months cavorting around Aspen and partying with movie stars, he's settled down and gotten engaged to girlfriend Alison Gelb, who works at magazine publisher Hachette Filipacchi and whom a friend describes as "a huge prize" for Pincus. As for Pincus? Not so much of a prize. Ever the romantic, Pincus gallantly waited for Gelb to recover from a momentary illness before popping the question. More » -
Mark Pincus, Tribe cofounder, notes that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is becoming a fashion influencer. "At fb app dev meeting. Can't help noticing 4 guys in the room in flip flops." [Mark Pincus Blog]
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To-Do: Here, Piggy Piggy
Valleywag party correspondent Megan McCarthy says where to throw down tonight and tomorrow. More » -
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Tribal war: Tribe founder vs. the Washington Post
Aw man, some shit's going down between blogger Mark Pincus and the Washington Post, and the Tribe.net founder tried to turn it into a story of Old vs. New Media. More » -
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Just you watch for it: Tribe's changing today, honest
We live in a Time Of Changes — little changes, sure, but still. Changes. Here are three. Um, of those. Of those changes. The little changes. More » -
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The Tribe has spoken: Where Mark Pincus's company is going
Guest feature by Beth Gottfried More » -
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Tribe to return to hippie paradise
Now that the news of his takeover is out, Tribe founder Mark Pincus shares with the blog SiliconBeat his plans, now that he's back at the helm. More » -
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Tribe update #1: Yes, Virginia, there is a takeover.
The news is all over the Internets about Mark Pincus taking over Tribe. The social site's co-founder hasn't yet updated his bio (it still reads "former CEO"), but he announced his takeover on Tribe. More » -
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Holy shit, Mark Pincus saves Tribe!
Hey, remember that hippie-filled social network, Tribe, from the Friendster days? Founder Mark Pincus just took it over, proving that sometimes, an ex-CEO can fire his replacement and wrest back control of a company. More » -
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Bloggers flesh out Valleywag scoop: NBC is buying Tribe.net
PaidContent blogger Rafat Ali has more details on NBC's purchase of Tribe.net (broken by Valleywag last week). Ali says the social site sold for under $50 million — not quite the $500 million-plus that News Corp paid for third-generation social site MySpace last year. More »

















