Paul Carr leaves TechCrunch. Can MG Siegler be far behind?
[Via Dave Winer's linkblog feed]
Paul Carr leaves TechCrunch. Can MG Siegler be far behind?
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I’ve written about how Huffington is taking AOL’s properties and simply destroying them. Here are just the three I read a lot: Engadget, Cinematical and Techcrunch.
In fact, when the deal first happened I did not even know most of these were AOL properties when I discussed the horrid business model of the Huffington Post. I just thought the AOL News site would be affected.
The Huffington Model is another plutocratic one, where feudal lords make lots of money off of the for-free work of the journalistic serfs.
And the professionals just end up leaving, often finding another haven for their writing. What Huffington does not realize is that destroying the brand destroys much of the value. Because the audience can easily move along with the writers they have come to trust.
The Huffington Post is great for people who will do it for free. And the quality reflects that.I do not think that is a worthwhile business model in the long run.
BUt, like a plague of locusts, the plutocrats will have drained as much money out of the system as they can.
