As per your analysis of Wired's balance in their reporting on Zulu:
Remember, there's another big issue for media like Wired to play with: Nasdaq delistings and increased awareness over OTC fraud.
Very likely, there are many media entities who have prepared or are preparing features on this issue. It's my belief Zulu became a candidate for Wired's spin in this area because NETZ showed up on the radar screen just after BAATmodile's rocket took off and fell back to earth.
Add disgruntlement of former employees--a nearly inevitable event when spun from mergers and reorganization--there you have it: Wired blasts NETZ.
If they had any heart for investors--some of whom comprise their readership--Wired should have let the stock naturally stabilize before bringing its hammer down. A lot of people got hurt by its action, particularly myself.
To Wired: There's a responsibility to the present as much as the future--you did many of us in! As it was, they put a lot of people nearly a buck down in the hole, real fast. This, of course, to get their spin in on the Nasdaq delisting/OTC fraud issue, using a few 'sitting ducks' in the process.
Still a lingering question: Who knows what Wired's connection is to Doubleclick? It's always easier to pull a hill if you've got someone behind you pushing you upward. I just hope, when they get to the top, they see Zulu everywhere!
PS: Someone--Matty, I think--mentioned another Wired piece was to come out this morning. If it has appeared, I've not seen it yet and my comments above are tempered accordingly. |
