Mike Masnick
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| Mike Masnick | |
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 Masnick at Techdirt Greenhouse, 2006 |
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| Born | December 8, 1974 |
| Known for | Founder of Techdirt |
Michael "Mike" Masnick (born December 8,[1] 1974) is the CEO and founder of Techdirt, a weblog that focuses on technology news and tech-related issues. Masnick is also the founder and CEO of the company Floor64[2] and a contributor at BusinessWeek's Business Exchange.[3]
Before founding Floor64, Masnick worked in business development and marketing at Release Software, an e-commerce startup, and in marketing at Intel. He has a bachelor's degree in Industrial and Labor Relations and an MBA, both from Cornell University.[4]
He coined the term "Streisand effect" on the Techdirt blog in January 2005,[5] and was interviewed about it three years later on NPR's All Things Considered.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Techdirt: The Uneasy Balance Between Wikipedia and the Truth", techdirt.com, October 21, 2008
- ^ "Mike Masnick". The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee. http://www.netcaucus.org/biography/mike-masnick.shtml. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
- ^ BusinessWeek's Business Exchange - Mike Masnick
- ^ "Mike Masnick". The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee. http://www.netcaucus.org/biography/mike-masnick.shtml. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
- ^ “Is Leveraging the Streisand Effect Illegal?”, techdirt.com, July 13, 2006.
- ^ “'The Streisand Effect' Snags Effort to Hide Documents”, All Things Considered, February 29, 2008.
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