Mover, shaker, blogger
Carl Icahn debuted The Icahn Report, a professional blog, last week, reports MediaBuyerPlanner.
The controversial investor — which currently seeks to oust Yahoo's board of directors — first stated his intention to launch a blog in February, Reuters wrote.
Icahn plans to use the blog to comment on "the desultory state of corporate governance in America." The first post, "Corporate Democracy is a Myth," discusses at length the failure of corporate boards to hold CEOs accountable.
The article could be construed as a less-than-subtle attack on Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, whose management he openly criticized when Yang turned down Microsoft's takeover offer.
The corporate agitator previously tried to dismantle Time Warner and Motorola. Last year, he drove CEO John Anti-oco of Blockbuster to resign his post.
"A lot of people die fighting tyranny. The least I can do is vote against it," Icahn said at a Texaco annual meeting in 1988. The manifesto currently serves as his blog masthead.
