Steve Jobs health rumors just won’t die
GMSV — ... reiterated today that nothing had changed since. It’s troubling to watch stockholders get yanked around when somebody pulls the fire alarm, but maybe what we need are even more frequent revivals of the rumor. Once every few days, and pretty soon you figure investors’ knees would get tired of jerking. ...

Gadget blog juices fears over Steve Jobs' health
AppleInsider — ... on Jobs' health, contacted Apple following Gizmodo's report and was again told that the company's Macworld exit was a result of a trend that has seen the electronics maker ...

Why It's Time for Steve Jobs and Apple to Split
Gawker: valleywag — ... Is the persistent speculation about the health of Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, offensive? Perhaps. But Apple shareholders are not observing such niceties. They are tanking the stock, which ...

CNBC’s Jim Goldman: Apple CEO Steve Jobs is (still) fine
MacDailyNews — ... crossed and the company, which officially doesn't comment on rumors, reiterated the reasons it offered two weeks ago: Apple was pulling out of Macworld because the company didn't see the need to continue its investment in the expo, which included Steve Jobs' keynote," Goldman reports. "I was told two weeks ago by sources inside Apple that the decision had nothing to do with Jobs' health. I got the same message today," Goldman reports. "Period." There's more in the full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Martin" for the heads up.] ...

The many rumors of Apple’s final Macworld
VentureBeat — ... But once again, CNBC’s Jim Goldman refutes this with his own source saying that Jobs is “(still) fine.” He goes on to slam Gizmodo with the closing line, “Meantime, unsourced garbage nuking its shares is just that.” Sadly, this will not end until we see Jobs in public again. ...

Apple Speaks to Goldman, Again
Mobility Site — Gizmodo has started a bruhaha with the newest rumor about Steve Jobs’ health….and Apple has denied that health is a factor currently to CNBC’s Jim Goldman, the same person that Apple denied the last “Steve is VERY sick” rumor to. In his TechCheck blog, Goldman relates the following…. I spoke to Apple after these headlines crossed and the company, which officially doesn’t comment on rumors, reiterated the reasons it offered two weeks ago: Apple was pulling out of Macworld because the company didn’t see ...

Steve Jobs illness rumors return, Apple stock falls
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... Apple told Bloomberg News: "If ever Steve or the board of directors decide that Steve isn’t able to do his job, I’m sure they’ll let you know." CNBC's Jim Goldman called the Gizmodo report "flimsy at best" and said his sources inside Apple had insisted that Jobs was just fine. "When Apple's got something material to report, I trust that it will," Goldman wrote. "Meantime, unsourced garbage nuking its shares is just that." ...

Slapfight over the Steve’s health status
CrunchGear — ... but it made a splash anyway. Now CNBC columnist Jim Goldman is calling the post “unsourced garbage” and a “fiasco” that is “nuking” Apple’s shares to the tune of about 32 cents as of this writing. Am I the only one who thinks this should be settled with a slapfight? ...

Rumor watch: TechCrunch says large-format iPod touch in 2009
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Meanwhile, we've made a conscious effort to steer clear of the other Macworld-related rumor today, floated by Gizmodo and irately attacked by CNBC. Whatever the source and whatever the motives, publishing unconfirmed Steve's-health stories is ( ...

Daily Apple: Clear iPhones, Historical Resistance, Dumb Apple [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... - Gizmodo started quite a ruckus today, including at least one anecdotal incident of stock sell-off, by publishing this article about Steve Jobs’ declining health. CNBC says otherwise, but I’m not sure who to believe anymore. ...

Local yogurt store tells Scoble that Steve Jobs is “in great health”
VentureBeat — Amid a flurry of (disputed) reports and rumors about Apple chief executive Steve Jobs’ “rapidly declining health,” blogger Robert Scoble did some field work to dig for the truth today. Well okay, he was in a yogurt shop with his friend, Socialtext co-founder Ross Mayfield, when Mayfield mentioned he had seen Jobs there in the past. So Scoble decided to ask the person working behind the counter if they had seen Jobs recently. And guess what? They had. “I’m in Palo Alto. Just had yogurt at shop that ...

Macworld: Hoping for a Steve Jobs surprise
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 — ... on the exposition since 1985? Was it simply pulling the plug on a show whose time had passed? Were there no new showcase Apple products worthy of a Steve Jobs keynote? Was there a last-minute glitch in a new piece of hardware? Could it be that Jobs had lost more weight or was too sick to appear? Had his pancreatic cancer returned? Was his health “declining rapidly” — as one thinly sourced rumor had it? Was he, as others insist on not much more evidence, just fine? Or is it all, as still another faction firmly believes, nobody’s business ...

MacWorld Expo Rumors, Predictions, Expectations
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... more than three points within minutes of the report. CNBC columnist Jim Goldman said the report is unfounded , noting that if Apple is misrepresenting or withholding information about Jobs's health, "someone -- indeed a lot of people -- could be going to jail." The sharp drop in stock price is an indication of Apple investors being "skittish" and having "little conviction" in Apple, Goldman said. Kara Swisher, writing on the Wall Street Journal blog All Things Digital, scolded the rumormongers in her grandmother's language, calling them ...

Steve Jobs Confesses: Too Sick to Work
Gawker: valleywag — ... to a New York Times writer, to explain, off the record, the same mysterious health problem he's now told the world about. Jobs's terse explanation, though, raises more question than it answers. Now that he's given everyone a tidbit, they'll want more. Which hormones? What's the cure? Why did Jobs take so long to say he had a health problem? Why did Apple PR lie and say everything was fine? And why did gullibly servile reporters like CNBC's Jim Goldman buy it, counting a call to an Apple spokesman as "reporting"? Which brings me back to the ...

Steve Jobs Admits Illness to Blame for Passing on Macworld
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech — ... to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first. So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this. Steve“Hormone imbalance,” which translates into “pretty vague.” However, investors are still happy (so far) this morning, because it appears non-life threatening, and because he said he is still continuing as Apple CEO. Here’s the thing: Apple told Jim Goldman of CNBC more than once that Steve Jobs was skipping Macworld for political ...

Steve Jobs: Hormone Imbalance is to blame for the Weight Loss; Recovering; to Remain CEO
iPhone Hacks — ... while there were some who reported that the reason was more to do with politics than his health . Thankfully in a public letter Steve Jobs has clarified that a hormone imbalance is to blame for the weight loss and he is on the road to recovery and will remain CEO.

Jobs fights off malignant rumor by copping to hormone imbalance
GMSV — ... . Not quite true. Anonymous Apple insiders insisted to CNBC that Jobs’ absence from this year’s festivities had nothing to do with his health . Not quite true. Gizmodo’s source said Jobs’ health was ...

CNBC's Jim Goldman Now Says Steve Jobs In Denial. So Is Jim Goldman. (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider — ... -- writing correctly, it turns out, that Steve's health was "declining rapidly" -- Goldman wrote, in a post called "Apple's Jobs is (Still) Fine": ...

Video: Fake Steve vs CNBC [Fakemodo]
Gizmodo — When we published this we got raked across the coals by Jimbo over sources. Unfortunately, that was wrong. UPDATE: Fake Steve Jobs is "banned" for asking Jim to apologize on CNBC. When Apple announced that Steve Jobs was skipping Apple's final Macworld keynote on Dec. 16, CNBC's Jim Goldman assured everyone that it was "politics, not pancreas" behind his absence, according to "sources inside the company." They told him "that if Jobs for some reason was unable to perform any of his responsibilities as CEO because of health reasons, ...

On Apple Reporting: Fake Steve Rips CNBC a New One [Fakemodo]
Gizmodo — When we published this we got raked across the coals by Jimbo over sources. Unfortunately, that was wrong. UPDATE: Fake Steve Jobs is "banned" for asking Jim to apologize on CNBC. When Apple announced that Steve Jobs was skipping Apple's final Macworld keynote on Dec. 16, CNBC's Jim Goldman assured everyone that it was "politics, not pancreas" behind his absence, according to "sources inside the company." They told him "that if Jobs for some reason was unable to perform any of his responsibilities as CEO because of health reasons, ...

CNBC's Jim Goldman Was Wrong - Now What?
louisgray.com — By Mona Nomura of Pixel Bits (FriendFeed/Twitter) CNBC's Jim Goldman was wrong about Steve Jobs. He has also been wrong about many other things. So while Goldman is attached to the CNBC brand and has been a recipient of numerous journalism awards, it is because of his past errors that I do not trust him. Yet others do. My point is: think critically. With the ease of publishing, critical thinking is not exercised as often as it should ...

'Fake Steve' chides CNBC's Goldman in source foofaraw
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Lyons, on CNBC Reports, said Goldman had become the kind of reporter that gets "played and punked" by Apple, and that he should have released the information he knew on Monday, before Apple's announcement yesterday. Lyons also demanded that Goldman apologize to Gizmodo, for criticizing their ...

Fake Steve Jobs Rips Apple's Media 'Lapdogs'
WebProNews Feed — ... That gives him at least six months worth of I-told-you-so s to dole out to his counterparts in the media, which he has been unleashing with significant (public) fervor. Goldman denied covering up anything on Apple s behalf and said he reported only what he had solid evidence for. The root of the scuffle between Lyons and Goldman is Goldman s proclamation that Jobs was in good health and his subsequent mocking of Gizmodo, a popular gadget blog, just two weeks ago. While live-blogging at Macworld week later, Goldman again ...

Dan Lyons: Rotten reporting on Apple
The Apple Core — ... that Jobs had canceled his annual Macworld keynote because “Steve’s health is rapidly declining,” this reporter went out of his way to attack that outlet and refute its report , both on air and in print. The CNBC guy claimed he had sources deep inside Apple who were telling him that Jobs was healthy. “Apple’s Jobs is (Still) Fine,” was his headline on the CNBC Web site. Turns out, however, that the blog—a gadget site called Gizmodo—was right, and the CNBC guy was wrong. When I was on air, I pointed this out, and suggested the CNBC reporter should apologize to Gizmodo, and ...

The Not-So-Triumphant Return of Steve Jobs
Gawker: valleywag — ... days a week? Kind of vague, no? And then working from home, because it's not like Steve Jobs likes to micromanage, or just turn up at people's offices unannounced or roam the halls. Just to recap the official line on Jobs' health, over time: First he had a "common bug" and no one should be worried; Then it wasn't that bad and Steve wasn't going anywhere; Despite his appearance, Jobs' health wasn't keeping him from doing his job; Fixing the health issue would be "simple and straightforward" and Jobs ...

The Not-So-Triumphant Return of Steve Jobs
Valleywag — ... days a week? Kind of vague, no? And then working from home, because it's not like Steve Jobs likes to micromanage, or just turn up at people's offices unannounced or roam the halls. Just to recap the official line on Jobs' health, over time: First he had a "common bug" and no one should be worried; Then it wasn't that bad and Steve wasn't going anywhere; Despite his appearance, Jobs' health wasn't keeping him from doing his job; Fixing the health issue would be "simple and straightforward" and Jobs ...