Life-Auctioning Man is Making a Killing

When Ian Usher separated from his wife, he figured he might as well walk away from his home, his job, his friends, and all his worldly possessions while he was at it. So he put the whole damn works up for grabs on Ebay and the bidding, which started this morning, is through the roof. "The British immigrant to Australia, who said the trigger for his bold offer was the break-up with his wife, had hoped he would attract a bid of 500,000 dollars (477,000 US). Shortly after the seven-day auction began Sunday, a bid of 300,100 dollars for 44-year-old Ian Usher's Perth-based lifestyle was listed on the Internet auction site eBay. By late afternoon, some 40 bids had been made with the highest offer at 650,000 dollars. 'I brought out the champagne at three o'clock when it passed the 400,000-dollar mark,' Usher told the Australian news agency AAP. 'It's unbelievable that it's going up like this so early in the auction.'" More »

Can We Interest You In A TV Guide?

TV Guide, one of America's biggest magazines, was sold a few days ago. Now it's for sale again! Well, not the parts of the brand that have some actual value (the website and the cable program guides and on-demand technology). Rather, new owner Macrovision is looking for a sharp business entity that would like to take the print magazine off of its hands. Cheaply, no doubt! And to the skeptics who might say that buying the money-losing print version of TV Guide without the accompanying web brand would be like buying a cow without milk, consider this: the new editor is looking to achieve "topicality and newsiness, urgency." By doing things like reviewing YouTube videos! More »

Getty Images: Not A Pretty Picture

In the advent of the internets, cellphone cameras and perfidious board members, Getty Images is putting itself up on the auction block. After the jump, germane keywords. [NYT] More »

For sale: Maspeth diner. Low rent, high breakfast/lunch traffic, full inventory included. "Increase earning potential by adding pork products such as ham." Seems like a steal to us! Only real risk is the angry wrath of vengeful G-d. [Rumproast]

Feedpass sells absolutely nothing

Feedpass, the RSS feed creator that does absolutely nothing according to tech reviewer TechCrunch, is selling the farm on eBay. More »