The Lede Blog: The Lede: The Story and the Tiger
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Itâs not every day that a 350-pound tiger breaks out of its cage and runs loose in the United States. Now imagine that tiger running rampant in a zoo and attacking three people, killing one of them and sending the other two to a hospital with bite marks and deep wounds before the animal could [...].
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If you search for Yahoo Microsoft, this page is the second hit. I like that of course. It's generating a fair amount of flow, since the combination of Yahoo and Microsoft is a pretty hot topic. Keeping the topic going, I think it's pretty amazing that Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo, but then again, which of all their web efforts has captured our imagination? At least Yahoo has Flickr, and when they try something new, we all try it with them (often with not the greatest results). The rambling continues... If Yahoo is into poison pills, try this one out.  Reserve 5 percent of Yahoo's common stock for blogger options. Put us to work to find new businesses for Yahoo, ones that are relevant to our world. When we find them, reward the bloggers with a significant upside stake in Yahoo's future, not the airy-fairy kind, but real stock that we can trade. Handled properly, it could raise shareholder value by much more than 5 percent. Just the kind of deal they pay you to do, oh Yahoo gods and board members.  Of course it'll never happen. It's an idea like the one I keep proposing for newspapers -- that they hire their public editors from the public, independent bloggers with no journalism experience, with no undue reverence for the institutions so revered by journos. They're going away, just like Yahoo is (sad but true). Now what will rise in their place? Imho, something that's home grown, with the integrity of the people, in our interest. The more they invite the public in, the more clued in they will be when we figure out where we want to go with news on the web. It's why I'm excited about the Obama campaign and why I keep giving to it (I'm up to $400 now). I'm excited because so many other people are excited.  I like his idea about tuition for public service for college students. It's so simple. People want to be involved, they want to use their energy and creativity to solve problems. In the 20th century we were couch potatoes. In the 21st we do it for ourselves.  The first tech company that fully embraces this, not just in the form of User Generated Content (what an insult) but by giving us power (that comes from stock) will rule the world. If Y! had the guts, it won't be long before they're making tender offers to buy out Ballmer.  BTW, I think I understand why Ballmer wants Yahoo! When Yahoo engineers wake up they program stuff like Yahoo Live, which is pretty cool and runs on the web, and while it steals ideas from smaller companies, it adds some pretty cool stuff of its own. When Microsoft engineers wake up they program stuff like Vista, a multi-year, multi-billion dollar waste of money, time and customer goodwill. They can't do another Vista without wrecking the franchise. Now the question is -- where do they go for growth? That's what Yahoo is for.
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If an Internet stock story falls in the woods, it does make a sound.
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All the best of the week's movies stories
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Director Kevin MacDonald looked to the past to tell the story of Idi Amin. But the Scottish filmmaker--whose movie could win actor Forest Whitaker an Oscar--is all about the future.
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There is plenty of sorrow to be found in âInto the Wild.â But though the filmâs structure may be tragic, its spirit is anything but.
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Sorting a story that's all about growth from a tall tale.
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The dog might be man&#39;s best friend, but the world&#39;s favourite animal is the tiger, according to an international survey published today.
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Filed under: General - site admin @ 9:29 am From the Scotsman . The lede: Long-standing rumours that the former French president Jacques Chirac holds a secret multi-million-euro bank account in Japan appear to ... via Austin Bay Blog
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The tiger, whether burning bright in the forests of the night or bouncing around like Tigger, is the world&#39;s favourite animal, according to a global poll published today.
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Take a look at the top movies stories this week!
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The end is nigh, says new report The world's tigers face "ecological extinction" due to a combination of "increased poaching, habitat destruction, and poor conservation efforts by governments", Reuters reports.â¦
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An intriguing love triangle set  in the world's largest tiger reserve is being turned into a  Bollywood film, in a rare celluloid adaptation of a  best-selling Indian novel.
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The BBC premieres a Robin of Locksley for the 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' set, and it's not all bad.
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The new prequel âHannibal Risingâ provides a back story that ought to have remained firmly in our imaginations.
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FoTW Inability to follow a story by reason of anger, part 73
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UPDATE: Story first posted 6:49 a.m. ET, November 16,  2004