http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/06/30/briefly-andreessen-heading-facebook Comments for "Briefly: Andreessen heading to Facebook?" en http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/06/30/briefly-andreessen-heading-facebook <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/29/confirmed-marc-andreessen-joins-facebooks-board-of-directors/"><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u4993/facebook_logo.gif" alt="Facebook logo image" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="100" />TechCrunch has an article</a> this morning claiming that Ning's Marc Andreessen (of Netscape fame and fortune) is heading to Facebook, with a seat on its board of directors.</p> <p><a href="http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080506/andreessen-to-facebook-board/">Kara Swisher floated this rumor</a> back at the beginning of May, and regular readers of Andreessen's blog have noted that his &quot;<a href="http://blog.pmarca.com/2008/05/short-blogging.html">short blogging break</a>&quot; has gone on for over a month now.</p> <p>It would be a good move for Facebook, but TechCrunch has also <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/5/yahoo_stock_fades_as_techcrunch_microsoft_takeover_sources_sober_up">been wrong before</a>.</p> <p><b>Related Prediction:</b></p> <p><a href="/predictions/andreessen-joins-facebook-board-0">Andreessen joins Facebook board </a></p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/27/facebook-announces-dramatic-cut-grammatical-errors">Facebook tightens up on gender and grammar</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/26/briefly-facebook-considers-connectu-lawsuit-closed">Briefly: Facebook considers ConnectU lawsuit closed</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/30/lithium-technologies-scores-money-revitalize-community-support-enterprises">Lithium Technologies scores money to revitalize community support for enterprises</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/06/30/briefly-andreessen-heading-facebook#comments co:Facebook co:Ning people:Marc Andreessen Software &amp; Web The Industry Standard Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:17:46 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 108847 at http://www.thestandard.com