Humm. Interesting player for this interest.
http://www.space.com/
===Dobbs said in an interview that it became impossible for
him to stay at CNN once he "moved from a passive
investor in Space.com to wanting to do something more,
to be active in its creation. I truly believe space is the
biggest story of this century and the next, and I really
wanted to be part of it."
Andy Serwer, Fortune's editor-at-large, said that Dobbs
"personified CNNfn and business news. He's a giant of
the field. Before there was CNBC, there was Lou
Dobbs."
Dobbs has privately maintained that he is not quitting
because of the difficulties with other CNN executives,
and he said last night that the decision comes with
"some pain for all the blood and sweat I put into this
place."
The soon-to-be-launched venture, backed by Venrock
Associates, a major investment firm founded by the
Rockefeller family, will feature space news, space
fiction, live feeds, science and business content, and
educational material for children. Dobbs said he hopes
to take the company public, which could bring him many
millions of dollars if the market for Internet stock
offerings stays hot.
Dobbs, 53, a close friend of CNN founder Ted Turner,
was the driving force behind the creation of
three-year-old CNNfn, which reaches just 11 million
homes and lags well behind industry leader CNBC,
which reaches about 75 million. But "Moneyline," which
is carried on the main CNN network and recently
expanded to an hour of general and business news,
remains an important force on Wall Street.