Cuban and Register: NYTimes Gets 'Deranged'

Mark Cuban makes for good copy. But apparently not good enough for the New York Times, which clearly embellished a story about Mark Cuban and his investment in Register.com to make it seem as though Cuban was frothing at the mouth about Register's plan to sell itself to Vector Capital for $202 million. Sure, Cuban's not impressed with the deal, and will probably vote against it with the shares in his 13.2 percent stake. But the lead of the story observes that Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has a "reputation for screaming like a deranged fan from the sidelines during games." Author Andrew Ross Sorkin later closes by asserting that Cuban's "outrage - and that of his indignant followers - makes them all seem more like sore losers than corporate reformers." What's in between isn't much better.

If Sorkin had taken the time to read BlogMaverick, he would know that Cuban isn't shy about posting reporter's emails on line. Which he did, publishing the entire e-mail exchange with Sorkin, in which Cuban never appears deranged or even outraged. He's not happy with the Register deal, and he says so. But the "blood feud" between Cuban and the registrar was nowhere to be seen in his response to Sorkin's emails. Cuban sums up his reaction:

I responded to what I hoped would be an interesting discussion about the merits of a company based on a referral from someone I respected, from a newspaper I respected. Instead, the article was more a personal attack than a representation of our email exchange. ... Live and learn.

As background, Cuban seems to like the domain name business. He owns shares of Tucows as well as Register.com.

  Posted by RichM August 22, 2005 | Permalink | Newsletter

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