Management Turnover as Change Agent

Monday, July 16, 2007

Financial Blogging - Hazardous to Your Job?

The saga of Whole Foods CEO's blogging exploits continues to grow. Last Friday The Wall Street Journal announced that the SEC has begun a probe into John Mackey's supposed anonymous postings on Yahoo's message board regarding his firm's competitor and acquisition target Wild Oats. Could Mackey's job now be at risk?

The motto of the story - think before you post.

For more:

Businessweek Management IQ blog 7/25/07
MSNBC 7/18/07 Whole Foods-Wild Oats Deal at Risk Now?
Timesonline 7/18/07 Subsequent Apology
Newratings.com 7/18/07 Subsequent Apology
Seeking Alpha
FT
CNBC
Newsvine
Schaeffer's Daily Blog
Business Week blog

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