Parenting CNET
CNET, the red-inked and rosy-cheeked new-media venture, desperately needs to grow up – and desperately hopes Robin Wolaner can teach it how. Wolaner built her rep in old media when she founded Parenting magazine. Now, as executive vice president for technology publishing, she oversees CNET's core services: Cnet.com, Computers.com, Download.com, and News.com. She's also focusing on profitability – the "terrible twos" of the new-media industry.
Fallen Apples
Ellen Hancock, the former executive vice president and CTO at Apple who was forced out last summer along with CEO Gil Amelio, is interviewing with a handful of Silicon Valley companies. And like the rest of the Valley, she's also Apple-watching. For the record, Hancock disapproves of the company's decision to kill cloning. "It shows fear, not strength," says the fearless, if jobless, Hancock. As Apple's late-1997 SEC filing made clear, "Golden Parachute" Gil won't need a new job anytime soon.
This article originally appeared in the February issue of Wired magazine.
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