more on Blog Buzz on FON

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: February 20, 2006 12:44:23 PM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Blog Buzz on FON
Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com

[Note:  This item comes from reader Scott Berry.  I've been sitting  
on this.  Time to get it out.  DLH]

> From: Scott Berry <sjb () optonline net>
> Date: February 9, 2006 8:15:05 AM PST
> To: dewayne () warpspeed com
> Subject: Blog Buzz on FON
> Reply-To: sjb () optonline net
>
> Dewayne,
>
> For Dewayne-net.
>
>    Scott
>
>
> Blog Buzz on High-Tech Start-Ups
> Causes Some Static
> By REBECCA BUCKMAN
> Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
> February 9, 2006; Page B4
>
> When Spanish Internet start-up FON Technology SL tried to generate  
> some buzz this past weekend about new funding it had snared from  
> Google Inc. andeBay Inc.'s Skype Technologies, it pitched stories  
> to traditional media outlets.
>
> But the tiny company also got publicity from another source:  
> influential commentators on the Internet who write blogs --  
> including some who may be compensated in the future for advising  
> FON about its business.
>
> Most of the nine members of FON's U.S. advisory board, including  
> former newspaper journalist Dan Gillmor, technology author David  
> Weinberger and Internet-law expert Wendy Seltzer, wrote about FON  
> on their blogs late Sunday. That was right after FON founder Martin  
> Varsavsky revealed on his own blog that the closely held company  
> had raised $21.7 million in funding from Google, Skype and others,  
> declaring it "a dream come true."
>
>
>
> [snip]
>
> <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113945389770169170.html? 
> mod=todays_us_marketplace> (subscription required)

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