I wanted to post a short note to let folks know about a couple of changes here.

Elise Ackerman, one of the contributors to SiliconBeat, has left the Mercury News. Elise had been covering the Internet, among other thing.

Also, Jack Davis, our data manager, accepted a buyout. For those of you who have been following this blog for awhile know, Jack was the main force behind Docu-Drama. Jack and I started Docu-Drama as a stand-alone blog back in late summer 2007 to focus on securities filings of valley companies. Earlier this year, Docu-Drama was folded into the re-launch of Silicon Beat.

Jack’s departure will bring an end to official Docu-Drama posts.

I wanted to acknowledge Elise and Jack’s work here, and say thanks to those of you who have been reading their stuff.