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Jul 10, 2008

No More "Fake" Steve Jobs

Daniel Lyons, a former Forbes reporter, has written the blog The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs for the last two years, but on Wednesday, Lyons announced he was moving on to a new url.
The New York Times reports that Lyons, known as the "fake" Steve Jobs, is moving on with his professional life, moving to Newsweek as a technology columnist this fall. Reporter Brad Stone writes, "Mr. Lyons said that he had grown tired of his fictional creation, but mainly he was worried about making fun of a real person whose health has been a recent topic of speculation."
Lyons is quoted as saying, "I tried transitioning to other voices, like Jerry Yang’s, but it just didn’t work.”
Lyons published the blog anonymously until The Times revealed his identity last summer

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