Editors' picks: Google stories around the Web

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Editors' picks: Google stories around the Web

April 30, 2004

Google's IPO filing generated intense media coverage. These are some of the more interesting stories based on topics such as the people behind the company, the investor angle and the big picture.

Co-founders Larry Page (left) and Sergey Brin stand to become overnight billionaires.

[The bigger picture]

Will Google's IPO boost tech fortunes?

PC World

Google's filing for an initial public offering this week could provide a boost for other technology companies seeking to raise public funds. But the popular search company is by no means ahead of the field with its move to become a listed company, industry watchers says.
The 'don't forget us!' IPOs CNNmoney
Google cites Buffett as role model in IPO pitch Bloomberg
Google IPO sets stage for Web search war Reuters
Google gets attention, but three others also file IPOs Dow Jones

The people

Founders, backers could reap billions when company goes public

San Francisco Chronicle

Google's metamorphosis into a publicly traded company will be a windfall for a select few, including such household names as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and financier John Doerr and such institutions as Stanford University and the University of California.
Co-founders release Google 'owner's manual'
CNET News.com
Surprise, surprise: Wilson Sonsini lands Google IPO
New York Lawyer
2 wild and crazy guys (soon to be billionaires), and hoping to keep it that way The New York Times
Profile: The Google founders BBC News
The boy wonders not all googly-eyed ... well, not yet
San Francisco Chronicle
Sounds of silence as gag rule is imposed
San Francisco Chronicle

News.com's coverage of Google's IPO

Corporate info

How Google became a cultural phenomenon

Reuters

So you've spent an hour Googling through the Web for your graduate research paper, you've played the Google drinking game, heard the Google theme song and vanity-Googled yourself (again).
Google reveals that it's giving revenue away
CBS MarketWatch.com
Google's numbers live up to expectations Internetnews
An inside look at an Internet success story
San Francisco Chronicle
Lifting the lid on Google CNET News.com

Auction process

An egalitarian auction? Bankers are not amused

The New York Times

For months, investment banks vied to win the job of underwriting Google's much-anticipated initial public offering. But as details emerged yesterday about the unusual auction process that Google's founders have chosen, questions have arisen about whether the scramble for a piece of the action was worth the trouble.
The ABCs of a unique IPO CNNMoney
Want in on Google's IPO? CNET News.com
Google's motive in auction not all altruism TheStreet.com
News Analysis: Go public, think private
International Herald Tribune
Google's $2.7 billion IPO is biggest test of 'dutch auction' Bloomberg

Caution

Don't disregard risks of investing in youthful firm

San Jose Mercury News

Google is giddy, and that's a big risk for anyone tempted by Silicon Valley's hottest initial public stock offering in a decade.
Google IPO? Don't do it! CBS MarketWatch.com
Ingram: Be frugal with Google The Globe and Mail
IPO stocks usually don't stay hot Newsday
Google this: Reality check BusinessWeek
Google IPO? No thanks The Motley Fool
Search: chutzpah Boston Globe

Investment

Google's fancy new float

Netimperative

Google's float in the grand carnival we hope we can call the second dotcom boom breaks all convention. It isn't simply a covered-up lorry and does not have bizarrely dressed people waving and cajoling you into liking it.
The Google IPO and you Times Internet
Q&A: Google goes public BBC News
Anyone remember Pets.com? Webvan? Apparently not
SF Chronicle
Google says to investors: Don't think of flipping
The New York Times
Google IPO has risks, even if you're feeling lucky Reuters
Other criteria will determine IPO price Financial Times

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Ga-ga for Google

Not just a company; It's a lifestyle

New York Post

Google is not a conventional company," began the Internet company's filing yesterday. "We do not intend to become one."
Google IPO coming as Yahoo, Microsoft step up attacks Bloomberg
The rise of Google USA Today
More reasons to love Google Wired News
Google: Engine of revival The Sacramento Bee
The goods on Google The Poynter Institute

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I think the media cares more than anyone else
by pencoyd April 30, 2004 5:02 PM PDT: Sure, lots of people use Google every day. But its status as a public or private company doesn't really seem to change the experience for the people using the service. The hoopla over the "funding event" (for money that they don't need) is nutty. Some in the media recognize that, so they then write articles explaining the media hype. Argh.

Let's hope that this tech version of watching OJ drive down the freeway slowly comes to a quick end. (Though I doubt it will.); Like this Reply to this comment