Does WeWork pay to have these sorts of articles written? Because there are a lot of these sorts of places and they never get mentioned in these articles about WeWork. It makes it sound like WeWork is single-handedly reviving a concept that died with the first dotCom crash, yet it's really just the latest.
The only other places they mention are Regus--making it out to be a shambling zombie form of its pre-dotCom bust self-- and Industrious in Chicago, which is only 2 years old, making it sound like a me-too. Come on! Almost every major city has at least 5 of these places. Even Philly has had IndyHall since 2007, and that's just the one I know off the top of my head.
Did we read the same article? I really doubt WeWork is happy about the WSJ pointing out how much they look like a company about to take a spectacular fall. That wasn't quite a hit piece, but it was not a favorable article.
Sorry, I should know better, but I honestly only scanned it. I've read other articles glowing about WeWork (making it onto the front page of HN) and ignoring the other places and I was just looking to see if that was the case here.
When things really get nuts, it's considered favorable to be panned by the Journal or any other stodgy old-media outlet. They don't get it, so you really must be awesome. Besides, it's different this time.
Companies do pay PR firms to get tech articles written about them. These types of articles actually make up a lot of what makes it to the front page of HN.
The only other places they mention are Regus--making it out to be a shambling zombie form of its pre-dotCom bust self-- and Industrious in Chicago, which is only 2 years old, making it sound like a me-too. Come on! Almost every major city has at least 5 of these places. Even Philly has had IndyHall since 2007, and that's just the one I know off the top of my head.