Google CEO Schmidt Joins Apple Board

MENLO PARK, August 29, 2006 (PodTech News) — Apple announced this afternoon that Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, was elected to Apple’s board of directors. In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that Schmidt was tapped in part because of Google’s focus on innovation, a quality that he says Apple shares. PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau reports.
REPORTER’S NOTES: For the full list of Apple’s Board of Director’s, try the Unofficial Apple Weblog. Read the post, and see if you agree that this is part of a larger “let’s gang up against Microsoft” conspiracy. Or if you prefer your news straight from Apple’s mouthpiece, you can go to the press release.
— Catherine Girardeau
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