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Silicon Valley Watcher: Harry McCracken

01:46 | Tom Foremski | Jun 15th, 2007 11:51am |

Harry McCracken is the editor-in-chief of PC World. He recently resigned when his publisher asked him not to publish an article critical of Apple, fearing Steve Jobs’ reputation for holding long grudges and not wanting to risk the loss of Apple’s advertising dollars. Things are tough in the publishing industry, but that doesn’t mean journalistic ethics and best practices will be abandoned.

The dispute soon blew over and he was persuaded to stay on at IDG’s PC World while his publisher was reassigned to another position. The incident shed light on the importance of professional journalism and showed the independence of editorial teams. I interviewed Mr. McCracken at Stanford University.

The non-hostile Apple OSX vs. Windows Vista OS debate, Part II

1:02:11 | Robert Scoble | Jan 30th, 2007 |

I invited four geeks, representing both sides of the OS aisle. First is Fred Davis, co-founder of Wired Magazine. Second is Harry McCracken, Editor in Chief of PC World. Third is Sam Levin, founder of Stanford Mac User Group, among other Mac things. Fourth is Jeremy Toeman who worked at ...
The non-hostile Apple OSX vs. Windows Vista OS debate, Part I

1:01:49 | Robert Scoble | Jan 30th, 2007 |

I invited four geeks, representing both sides of the OS aisle. First is Fred Davis, co-founder of Wired Magazine. Second is Harry McCracken, editor in chief of PC World. Third is Sam Levin, founder of Stanford Mac User Group, among other Mac things. Fourth is Jeremy Toeman who worked ...
Innovation Journalism Emerging at Stanford April 5-7

| Admin | Mar 30th, 2006 |

Next week there is a cutting edge conference at Stanford that is free for journalism and innovation professionals to attend. Registration: http://scil.stanford.edu/InJo-2006/signup.fft. Vint Cerf, PodTech, Google, CNet, Tony Perkins, Ross Mayfield, Dan Gillmor, USVP’s Paul Mateucci, and other great folks like Harry McCracken, Michael Kanellos.

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