Who Leaked Steve Jobs Liver Transplant Story To The WSJ?
The Wall Street Journal’s article announcing that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has a liver transplant — which Bloomberg reported was a possibility in January — was unusual for two reasons: • It did not name a single source for the information, not even an anonymous “source familiar with the situation.” • It came at midnight on Saturday morning following another successful Apple iPhone launch, as thousands of people spent their Friday waiting in line for new Apple gadgets. (And Apple stock couldn’t easily change hands until Monday morning.) So who leaked the story to the Wall Street Journal? Daring Fireball’s John Gruber wrote a nice, lengthy dissection of the article, and came up with the following potential leakers: • A healthcare provider, disseminating the information without Steve Jobs’ permission. • Someone at Apple, acting under Steve Jobs’ direction. • An Apple board member, acting without Steve Jobs’ permission. Gruber settles on the third, and makes a good argument for it: The scena
