Google Public Policy Blog
Just stumbled onto this. Good initiative. Transparent Lobbying (is that an oxymoron or what) seems like a smart move.
Mike, James, Stowe & Mike
Seems like I was right… They are important after all 🙂 Technobabble has put together a list of the Top 50 analyst bloggers. I can’t figure out how they scored this. Looking at my Blogroll, Stowe, James, and Mike are all at the top. I wonder how they view Read/Write?
The News Counters
Intriguing story on what makes the news. I’ve been pondering this lately as it seems every time I click on the New York Times i see another image of Iraq.
The Project for Excellence in Journalism,
a not-for-profit research group, launched a weekly News Coverage Index
earlier this year. It examines some four dozen news outlets to
determine what is being covered and what is not. In the first three
months of this year, the PEJ found that the war in Iraq dwarfed all other news stories, receiving more than three times the coverage of any other single story.
VentureBeat » Leadership – Annapolis style
Well worth a read. Great post on leadership.
Blog vs. FTC
Wholefoods’ CEO has turned their blog into one big transparency machine.
This is another example of a broader shift in communications to direct and open dialog. I’d love to see Wholefoods use the blog to mobilize support for their position.
He pulls no punches, providing…
a detailed look into Whole Foods Market’s decision-making process regarding the merger, as well as our company’s experience interacting with the FTC staff assigned to this merger. I provide explanations of how I think the FTC, to date, has neglected to do its homework appropriately, especially given the statements made regarding prices, quality, and service levels in its complaint. I also provide a glimpse into the bullying tactics used against Whole Foods Market by this taxpayer-funded agency. Finally, I provide answers in my FAQ section to many of the questions that various Team Members have fielded from both the media and company stakeholders.
Wow… As a Wholefoods shareholder I’m thrilled he is doing this. I’d rather know what is going on from his perspective than that of the WSJ which has this to say:
Whole Foods says it will battle the FTC in court, and the case will make for some entertaining jujitsu as Mr. Mackey argues that his stores aren’t as unique as his marketing materials suggest, while the FTC pleads that the merger will make Whole Foods less unique and more expensive at the same time. Such are the absurdities of modern antitrust policy.
Make Wholefoods more expensive? Could it be more expensive? Really…
We need the FTC defining markets about as much as we need a hole in head. Maybe FTC employees don’t shop and the new Safeway store down the road from my Supermarket, or the Lunardi’s across the street. Either way, let consumers vote with their feet – the FTC appears to be operating under the premise that they as a higher intellectual authority know better what to than we do with our pocketbook and feet.
