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February 6, 2008 9:01 AM PST

Carl Icahn prepares for a blogging debut

by Dawn Kawamoto
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Carl Icahn has been called many things: corporate raider, shareholder activist, private equity investor, according to Wikipedia.

And, maybe soon, we may add billionaire blogger to the list.

It appears the prolific writer of shareholder activist letters may want to apply his writing skills to a blog on his Icahn Report Web site.

While the Icahn Report home page notes "blog coming soon," the site has already posted its privacy policy and terms of use.

Icahn, who is making a second run at Motorola's board, is considering using the blog to highlight reports that either he or his associates pen on a range of corporate governance topics, from excessive pay at underperforming companies to moves that fall short of being favorable to shareholders, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Icahn apparently also plans to use the forum to highlight sticky issues at companies where he is not an investor, unless they involve a company he has already publicly indicated he is interested in targeting, according to The Journal.

Dawn Kawamoto covers enterprise security and financial news relating to technology for CNET News. E-mail Dawn.
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by QuetzalcoatlUSA February 6, 2008 11:04 AM PST
The popularity which will depend on whether anyone gives a crap what billionaires think. The people who might benefit from the information that would be posted here (if there are any) aren't likely to read blogs, much less trust them or even know what they are. I think Mark Cuban proved once and for all that having a lot of money doesn't mean people will tune into your PR machine (err blog).
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