According Valleywag, Calacanis' next venture It's a cross between Wikipedia and Google. the new site (called Project X or Kokua) will create more digestible search results for popular queries such as the names of Hollywood stars, and tech products. The pages will be seeded, initially, with content gathered automatically from the web and other sources. But they will be open to contributions by readers.
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TechCrunch is reporting that Jason Calacanis will announce that he has joined Sequoia Capital (today at the SES conference in Chicago) as an 'Entrepreneur in Action'. Jason will take a salary, help review companies pitching for money, and work on his own projects.
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NYT's take on Calacanis' resignation:
In recent months, Mr. Calacanis said he was considering leaving AOL to start a new company. His decision to resign was hastened by the news that Time Warner, AOL’s parent, had replaced Mr. Miller with Randy Falco, the president of the NBC Universal Television Group.
“I’m not inclined to start over with a new guy,” Mr. Calacanis said in an interview on Thursday. As for what to make of the treatment of Mr. Miller, who discovered he was being replaced after a reporter called AOL asking about Mr....
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GigaOm writes:
"An anonymous tip dropped into our inbox, claiming that Jason Calacanis, one of the co-founders of Weblogs Inc., and architect of the new Netscape has resigned from AOL, following the resignation of Jon Miller."
UPDATE: TechCrunch is confirming the news.
http://www.techcrunch.c...
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Time Warner appointed NBC executive Randy Falco as the new chairman and CEO of AOL, bringing a long-time television executive in to run the struggling online service.
Falco is currently president and chief operating officer of the NBC Universal Television Group. He replaces Jonathan Miller, who is leaving the company after four years at the head of AOL.
Falco has spent 30 years with NBC and has an extensive advertising background. He was involved in coordinating NBC's coverage of the Olympics and refining NBC's approach to selling...
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Steve Gillmor writes:
"It’s no secret that the Gang has gotten polarized around what Doc calls two factions, those who enjoy the dance of the startups and gorillas of the enterprise space, and those who don’t. At some point Jason arrived from the airport at his destination, and dropped off the call with his version of my now-familiar “see you next time if there is a next time.” What followed was pretty intense.
I’m not going to release that part of the show, even though the dropped segments shorten the show from its required...
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Did you guys remember Jimbo's post from last week about the $100m dream:
Imagine there existed a budget of $100 million to purchase copyrights to be made available under a free license. What would you like to see purchased and released under a free license?
I was recently asked this question by someone who is potentially in a position to make this happen.
http://web2.commongate....
The "wallet" is none other than Jason Calacanis, and "of course" is not his wallet but AOL's.
Calacanis now...
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PodTech Network announced today that a new audio and video podcast show, CalacanisCast, will be launched on the PodTech Network with GoDaddy.com as the founding sponsor. The weekly show will be hosted and produced by Jason Calacanis, CEO of Weblogs, Inc. (an AOL Company) and General Manager of Netscape.com (an AOL Company), and will focus on Jason's insights in new media and technology trends and those of his special guests. CalacanisCast launches with over $100,000 in first year sponsorships that will be donated to the Bay Ridge Preparatory...
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Ted Leonsis, the Vice Chairman of AOL and President of its fast-growing Audience business, will retire from an active management role on January 1, 2007, the company and Mr. Leonsis announced today. Leonsis will retain all of his management responsibilities for the remainder of 2006 and help the company complete its transition to a Web services business. Following his retirement from active management, he will remain Vice Chairman of the company, reporting to AOL Chairman and CEO Jonathan F. Miller.
Now the question is; who will effectively...
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Two of the most financially successful Web 2.0 personalities, Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis, are rooting for the financial failure of their competitors.
Calacanis warns the newspaper industry at his blog: In another 18-24 months newspapers are gonna hit the bottom and I think I'm gonna swoop in and try and buy one, build out the online portion, and buy a local TV station to go with it.
Arrington warns the blogosphere at BusinessWeek: I'm hoping everything crashes…Then I want to go buy all the big blogs.
Today, Arrington...
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CBS is acquiring CNET for $1.8 billion in cash. The purchase...
