Comments on: Morningstar acquires footnoted!

By: Susan Mangiero

Susan Mangiero — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:36:10 +0000

Michelle – How exciting for you! I just heard this news. I’m really so happy for you. Susan

By: Guru

Guru — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:24:03 +0000

Cool! Congrats Michelle.

By: Michelle Leder

Michelle Leder — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:52:20 +0000

@NewHorizon: You’re right. I should have also thanked the many footnoted readers along the way who contributed money to keep the site going and cover some of the basic expenses. Some people donated a few bucks; others donated $1,000. But each of you enabled me to get footnoted to this point and be able to take it to the next level with the help of Morningstar.

By: Chris O'Brien

Chris O'Brien — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:37:04 +0000

Let me add my belated congrats. From one sec filings nerd to another, best of luck. Knowing how hard you’ve worked over the years, it’s well deserved.

By: NewHorizon

NewHorizon — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:30:14 +0000

Congrats!

But no word of thanks to those who donated to footnoted.org?

(Or did I miss it?)

By: seajane

seajane — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:19:56 +0000

Congrats!! You are living every blogger’s dream — doing the work you love and getting paid for it!!

By: katy s.

katy s. — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:41:29 +0000

Go Footnoted! Binge and Splurgers, en garde.

Michelle, after so many late nights year after year, filing season upon filing season, it’s terrific that you are ensuring footnoted goes to the next level and with a great partner…even if you didn’t get a Canadian fish camp out of it.

By: DelightedForMichelle

DelightedForMichelle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:41:14 +0000

This is the most incisive decision Morningstar has made in years.

Whatever they’re paying you, it should be double.

(Tell them I said that!)

You started this from ground zero and Morningstar recognized what many of us have known for a long time. As a resource, footnoted is unmatched. You deliver real news with perfect marksmanship.

Kudos.

By: The Epicurean Dealmaker

The Epicurean Dealmaker — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:07:27 +0000

Hmph. Let this be a lesson to you, Michelle.

Hiring a proper sell-side banker like me to advise you and negotiate for you would have boosted your proceeds from the sale of Footnoted many-fold, as well as guaranteed you would receive a veritable harvest bounty of mouth-watering perks, kickbacks, and other booty.

Furthermore, paying my exorbitant success fee would have engendered social benefits, too, as I would have been able to spend more money in the local economies of St. Bart’s and East Hampton. Literally hundreds of liquor merchants, party planners, and real estate brokers are poorer off on account of your lack of foresight.

Let’s just agree that this will never happen again.

Oh, and I suppose I should offer you congratulations, begrudgingly. Hmph.

By: Marcia Parker

Marcia Parker — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:34:15 +0000

Michelle, congrats!! This is fabulous for you. I have a new job at Patch.com, as Editorial Director on the West Coast. Love to connect. Cheers, Marcia