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Fake Steve Jobs
The "Fake Steve Jobs" is a blogger who penned blog articles as a faux Steve Jobs. Dan Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes, admitted to writing as Fake Steve after a New York Times reporter found resemblances between the blog and Lyons... [more]
The "Fake Steve Jobs" is a blogger who penned blog articles as a faux Steve Jobs.
Dan Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes, admitted to writing as Fake Steve after a New York Times reporter found resemblances between the blog and Lyons' published work and asked him whether he was behind the long-running satire.
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Filed under: Computers, CelebritiesSome jerk sent the interwebs into a tizzy and Apple stock prices into a free fall Friday when he used CNN's iReport citizen journalism site to spread word that Steve Jobs had suffered a massive heart attack. Unfortunately, the multitude of blogs that repeated...
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The SEC is investigating the possibility that a fake news story about Steve Jobs was intended to manipulate Apple’s stock price.
Last week somebody posted a story on CNN’s iReport.com site claiming that Jobs had suffered a heart attack. In the wake of this news (which was quickly discounted as...
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Last Friday a rumor went up on CNN's "Citizen journalism" site saying that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had had a heart attack. Apple stock plunged momentarily, but the posting was debunked within the hour. The suspicion now is that the rumor was planted by a short seller looking to capitalize on the...
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A fake story that appeared on CNN's iReport site which claimed that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack is being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
A false report on CNN’s new social news site, iReport, caused Apple stock to plummet on Friday morning. The site allows users to post unvetted, unfiltered stories, and a report of a massive heart attack suffered by Steve Jobs caused the drop (as...
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The SEC has announced an investigation after a fake report indicating that Steve Jobs had suffered a major heart attack caused Apple stock to drop 10%. The report first appeared on CNN's iReport citizen ...
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News that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack (which later turned out to be false) pushed the company's stock price to under $100.
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Can you spell "SEC investigation?" There is definitely going to be one after this. A post at CNN's new social news site, iReport, resulted in Apple stock plummeting this morning, when it was rumored that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack. iReport allows users to post unvetted stories...
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SEC investigating fake Steve Jobs heart attack claims An unsubstantiated report of Apple CEO Steve Jobs suffering a heart attack is emboldening question marks around the notion of citizen journalism. A user identified only as "Johntw" posted a story on CNN's iReport site on Friday morning stating...
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'Citizen Journalist' Could Get Jail for Fake Steve jobs Story (Wired/Epicenter)
The gutsy (and stupid) "citizen journalist" who posted an erroneous story that said CEO Steve Jobs had a heart attack has the hallmarks of a short...
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In Dan Lyons's Fake Steve Jobs blog, he played the Apple CEO as a cynic who borrowed the cult-creation techniques of old-world and new-age mystics in order to more efficiently exploit a workforce and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more...
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Dan Lyons: I'm sorry I'm not as funny as Fake Steve Jobs — Dan Lyons the former Forbes editor whose brilliant Web parodies of Apple's CEO entertained tech enthusiasts for two years, publicly apologized Friday to those who complain that he's not funny since he...
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When journalist Dan Lyons was publicly outed as the caustic and popular Fake Steve Jobs, he expected the blog to die.
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... was standing room only for a series of quick addresses, highlighted by a talk by Dan Lyons, author of the hit blog The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. ...
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Apple's CEO may in fact be seriously ill, says Dan Lyons, better known for his satirical Fake Steve Jobs character. Responding to suggestions that Jobs' medical problems have been overblown, Lyons claims to have learned that Jobs is suffering from some form of chronic condition, one which has...
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