Who's Really Going to Pay for Journalism Online?

Jeff Bercovici — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:02:05 +0000

By Jeff Bercovici, Media blogger, Condé Nast Portfolio.com, Mixed Media

Is all this talk about getting consumers to pay for the news they read online really a front for something else?

Steve Brill, Gordon Crovitz and Leo Hindery say their new company, Journalism Online, is first and foremost about giving newspapers an easy way to start charging for subscriptions or soliciting micropayments for individual pieces of content.

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Oracle Names Epstein CFO; Catz Remains President

Eric Savitz — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:52:06 +0000

By Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron’s

Oracle (ORCL) this afternoon named Jeff Epstein as its new CFO. Safra Catz gives up the CFO title, but remains president. Epstein will report to Catz.

Since May 2007, Epstein had been CFO of Oberon Media, an Internet game provider and publisher funded by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Oak Investment Partners and Lehman Brothers. Epstein previously worked at DoubleClick, King World and ADVO, according to Oracle. Epstein is on the board at Priceline (PCLN) and MDC Partners (MDCA). Epstein, 52 years old, has an M.B.A. from Stanford and a B.A. from Yale.

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Who's Really Going to Pay for Journalism Online?

Oracle Names Epstein CFO; Catz Remains President