Okay, we're in our seats... and Tom Petty is on the sound system. This is D9.
We're jamming to some seriously hard, American rock n' roll.
Do you like to rock? If you said yes, you should be at D.
Martha Stewart is here and totally ready to jam through some tech talk.
The lights are going down — and Robert Thomson from the WSJ is out.
"Now we were just in France with Sarkozy and Carla Bruni — but who needs them when you have Walt and Kara..."
"If you think back to a couple of Ds ago, and these debates about content. The WSJ now has 200k users paying on tablets. And dare I say it... in this room, print is profitable."
"But I'm a warm up act for someone who is much more important at WSJ..."
"Ladies and gentlemen... acting CEO... Jane Lynch."
Whoa
"Uh, as acting CEO, I'm making some changes. The Daily? Never heard of it. Never seen it. I'm shutting it down."
"And while I'm holding the keys to the kingdom, I'm incorporating a comics page into the WSJ."
"I'm a big Family Circus fan. And who doesn't love Cathy? 'Chocolate, Ack!'"
"And I'm launching an investigation into the cast of Glee. I don't think one of them is a real American. I've also convinced Glenn Beck to stay on for one last gig... as a dying patient on House."
"And we've got Sarah Palin doing a duet on Glee... it's called 'Look At Me I'm Batshit Crazy.'"
Ha!
Wow.
"I'd like to welcome all you techie folks to D9. If anyone can help with my BlackBerry... it's freezing up. And now, Kara and Walt."
"That's who we work for."
Kara: "We want to open D talking about the audience. You're so loyal and amazing."
Walt: "I actually had someone apologize for only attending 8 our of 9."
Walt: "But seriously — we really appreciate that you come out and take the time and engage."
Kara: "And it being nine years is incredible. I tweeted that I carried my son out on the first one, and now I couldn't pick him up."
They're talking about goals with All Things D, and future events they'll be doing.
And Eric Schmidt is out!
Kara is disclosing her marriage.
Eric: "Congrats to you guys for being the place where tech gets discussed." Walt: "Thank you for sucking up right away."
Kara: "You've moved your job. Is your principle job avoiding government investigation?"
