Reading Mark Zuckerberg’s letter to investors in the Facebook prospectus, which was released this morning, you get the distinct impression that taking the business public is really the last thing he wants to do, given the choice.
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Bartholomeusz: will the market ‘like’ Facebook?
With Facebook apparently set to launch an initial public offering this week, valuing it at $US75 billion-$US100 billion, the market’s willingness to capitalise the optimism around social networking businesses is about to be tested.
Zuckberg’s methodology: launch, apologise, wash, dry, repeat
The pattern for how Facebook rolls out changes and how Mark Zuckerberg responds to them, often with half-baked apologies, has been finessed over the years. Liz Gannes takes a look back.
Hey Facebook, we want to share, but this is ridiculous
Sharing is good. We teach our kids to share their toys and chocolate. But, Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, that does’t mean sharing everything with everybody automatically is really such a good idea.
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Zuckerberg in ’05: ‘I still don’t know if we have something’
A never aired in full interview with Mark Zuckerberg in 2005 depicts the social media pioneer on a velour couch, beer in hand, talking uncertainly about the company’s future and downplaying its success, reports Bianca Bosker.
The 100 most powerful people in the media
It’s time for The Guardian’s annual list of the 100 most powerful and influential people in the media, with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg taking the number one spot from Steve Jobes.
Facebook to launch “something awesome” next week
King of the kids, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg, told a group of journos that Facebook is launching “something awesome” next week. Is it the long awaited iPad app or an app for photo-sharing?
The world has more than one Mark Zuckerberg
If you had Googled “Mark Zuckerberg” in 2004 you would have been directed to bankruptcy lawyer Mark S Zuckerberg. Now, his name overtaken by a far more famous man, the Indianapolis resident is marketing himself as “Other Zuckerberg.”
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Hang Ten: Warburton might wait … Journo admits: I made it up … Facebook makes six people billionaires. …
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Winklevoss & Winklevoss on Mark Zuckerberg
The Oscar-nominated “Facebook movie” The Social Network brought the Winklevoss twins to public attention, but what do they think of Mark Zuckerberg these days? All is revealed in a new interview for The Daily.
Facebook Facebook face-off: the lawsuit continues beyond the film
Despite a US$65 million (now worth US$140 million) legal settlement and a movie generating plenty of Oscar buzz, there appears to be plenty left to write about the Facebook imbroglio between the world’s youngest billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg, and the wealthy scions who claim Zuckerberg stole their idea.
The cultural revolution was online in 2010
The most important arts and “cultural” events of 2010 happened online, writes Ben Eltham, in his final My Cup of Tea column for the year.
Is Mark Zuckberg’s cinema’s most influential figure?
Tron: Legacy is the latest in a trend of Hollywood movies that depict alternate virtual worlds infinitely more interesting than reality. Andrew Lowry believes one man is ultimately responsible, whether he knows it or not: Mark Zuckerberg.
Mark Zuckerberg’s thoughts on WikiLeaks
TIME Magazine editors have given Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg their coveted Person of the Year award despite Zuckerberg placing 10th in the readers’ vote. What has Zuckerberg told TIME about WikiLeaks? Not a great deal, writes Marshall Kirkpatrick.
Want to rent Mark Zuckerberg’s old house?
It’s got a huge family room, a wood-burning fireplace and presumably a pretty good internet connection. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has moved out of his old shack in Palo Alto and it’s now on the rental market. Price? US$7850 a month.
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Strange social media bedfellows: Dubya and Zuckerberg buddy up
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a new pal in George W. Bush, who visited Facebook HQ and claimed to be an avid user of the social networking website. Bush did however repeatedly refer to the site using its original name: “the Facebook,” reports Guy Adams.
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The Social Network — morally ambiguous and thoroughly engrossing
On a conceptual level a movie about Facebook written by Aaron Sorkin, directed by David Fincher and starring Justin Timebrlake looked borderline ridiculous, but The Social Network nevertheless became of the most engrossing legal thrillers in years, writes Luke Buckmaster.
The Facebook dilemma: privacy vs “radical transparency”
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s personal philosophy of “radical transparency” is at odds with community concerns about privacy and data collection. Recent changes are a step in the right direction, but Stephen Hutcheon wonders what the social networking giant has to hide.
Zuckberg: the private person making everything public
Mark Zuckberg is a leader in information being freely banded about online but personally he is pretty low key and now there is a movie made about him, without his own creative control. Jose Antonio Vargas interviews the elusive Facebook founder to see what he makes of it all.
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Reminiscing about my school friend Mark Zuckerberg
Rebecca Davis O’Brien, a fellow Harvard student with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, spills the dirt on Facebook’s early days in comparison to the portrayal in the new The Social Network film. It’s quite a juicy tale.
Why Facebook won’t mourn the death of Google Wave
If anybody is bereaved by the collapse of Google Wave, it isn’t Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The search engine giant’s consistent failure to connect with social networking platforms is very good news for Zuckerberg, says Pete Cashmore.
Like! Zuckerberg gets the Facebook treatment
Facebook regularly gets accused of breaching privacy. As payback, Gawker gave Facebook founder Mark Zuckberg the full Hollywood treatment, with a weekend of paparazzi snapping his every move.
84% of Facebook is mine, all mine
An American graphic designer has launched a high profile lawsuit against Facebook, allegedly an old contract entitles him to the vast majority of the company. It’s not the first time CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of dodgy dealings.
Video of the Day: Facebook, the movie
Check out the trailer of the new film about the founding of Facebook, The Social Network. Who knew social media was so horrifying?
Google vs. Stephen Conroy
Stephen Conroy is taking on internet giants Google and Facebook over their recent privacy breaches. But is he just capitalising on the public sentiment against the two companies to take the heat off his widely-panned internet filter plans?
