Touchy residents of the beleaguered Boston technology community are up in arms over remarks by entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa, who heretofore has been known mainly for splitting his time across gigs at a handful of prestigious universities and for writing provocative headlines on TechCrunch.
Mr. Wadhwa's crime? Trash-talking Boston's tech scene in a lecture at the MIT Read More
Boston and New York are not all that fond of one another, be it in the realm of sports, clam chowder or technology startup scenes. Today, Boston technology blogger Gregory Huang takes his fear and loathing of the Empire City to another level, owing in part to the booming New York technology environment and Read More
Apparently How About We, the hot dating site that just raised $3.1 million, isn't getting its needs met in NYC, because it's planning to launch in its second city next week: Boston.
HAW is a free dating site where members post creative first date ideas. For example, ideas submitted for the Boston HAW launch Read More
A year after The New York Times Company put The Boston Globe on the market only to yank it back into its fold, a group of investors says it has put together an offer to purchase New England's largest newspaper. The news comes from The Globe, the very newspaper with its ownership Read More
New research from CB Insights shows that while Silicon Valley is still the biggest player in new tech funding, it share of the market has fallen by 7% since last year.
More importantly, as Nick Saint notes, New York -- which has traditionally been viewed as a little brother to Boston on the tech Read More
"Though a Southern Californian, I lived in Boston from 1993 until 2002 and believe the Boston experience with slowed, or stopped, gentrification may provide some insight into what could happen in neighborhoods like Prospect Heights. In the late 1980s, a period of renovation and gentrification pervaded through the neighborhoods of Metro Boston. In the early Read More
According to The Globe:
"Broadway bid aggressively to buy Read More
And when these people exit our five boroughs, they really exit: City Comptroller Bill Thompson’s office analyzed the Census Bureau’s recent Read More
Carolyn Ryan, most recently a deputy managing editor at the Boston Globe, is staying within the Times Company family: She's just been named a deputy metro editor for government and politics at the New York Times. Unfortunately, Ms. Ryan's exit happens at a time when about two dozen Globe staffers have accepted buyouts. Joe Read More
Move over T: Style! Despite gloomy buyout news from the Boston Globe in recent weeks, there's still enough staffers left to launch a new monthly magazine supplement: Fashion Boston. Today's release after the jump. BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2007--Boston Globe Media today announced the launch of Fashion Boston, a new monthly magazine about the exciting Read More
Today, The Observer reported that Boston Globe columnist Steve Bailey was expected to be on the oversubscribed list of buyout-seekers. However, according to an interview with the Boston Phoenix, Mr. Bailey is not leaving the paper. Mr. Bailey has confirmed to The Observer that he did apply for the buyout, but that he Read More
Broadway Partners is looking for some money-men to help pay for its $5 billion portfolio buy from Beacon Capital Partners, which includes 237 Park Avenue and 100 Wall Street. The Observer reported the purchase last week. The leading candidates are the usual suspects. Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, RBS Greenwich Capital and Wachovia are all Read More
Closure on Cloture To the Editor: I had to laugh out loud when I read Steve Kornacki’s article on the Senate maneuverings over the Iraq War debate [“Republican Senators Deepen a Hole for 2008,” Wise Guys, Feb. 12]. It’s hard to imagine that someone would think to criticize another, when they themselves are completely misinformed Read More
Closure on Cloture To the Editor: I had to laugh out loud when I read Steve Kornacki’s article on the Senate maneuverings over the Iraq War debate [“Republican Senators Deepen a Hole for 2008,” Wise Guys, Feb. 12]. It’s hard to imagine that someone would think to criticize another, when they themselves are completely misinformed Read More
Noam Chomsky's assistant comments below that there is an illness in the linguist's family and that's why he had to run, to make a plane back to Boston. Also I note that Chomsky gave good weight at an earlier event at Columbia the same day. I'm feeling bad about the meanspiritedness of my Read More
