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Marc Andreessen and A16Z deserve scrutiny here. The most critical outlets are those with one of those two as investors. Pando Daily: Andreessen has 8% ownersh
by throwaway232432 9y ago
Marc Andreessen and A16Z deserve scrutiny here.
The most critical outlets are those with one of those two as investors.
Pando Daily: Andreessen has 8% ownership https://pando.com/about/ https://pando.com/about/
Buzzfeed: A16Z invested $50m in Buzzfeed https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/10/buzzfeed-raises-50-million-dollars-from-andreessen-horowitz/ https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/10/buzzfeed-raises-50-million...
Business Insider: Andreessen participated in the Venture Series, Series B and Series D https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/business-insider#/entity https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/business-insider#/en...
More neutral/balanced outlets like Recode and TechCrunch don't have either as investors. Recode for example was the only media company that mentioned the death of Travis' mother as a primary motivation for taking leave of absence. The less balanced sources above barely mentioned that "detail" at the bottom of the articles on that matter.
A16Z did Lyft's $60m Series C: https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/3b6daa9a-7bb9-d7de-2c91-89f207680e9d https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/3b6daa9a-7bb9-d7de-...
- snowwrestler 9y agoThis is the type of stupid, silly, obvious smokescreen that makes it easy to portray Uber as a cartoon villain.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]