Analysis - AOL struggles to manage tech sites

[HEXUS]

The founder of the recently acquired site is accused of conflicts of interest.

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[Myss_tree]

Surely its Apple that owns Engadget judging by the amount of Apple articles it publishes and the huge amount of fanboi's there most of whom appear to be yanks who think the world ends at the borders of the USA. ;-)
I agree with the premise of the article that large corporations buy successfull tech blogging/review sites and then try to change them in the belief that they can make them earn more revenue.
Similar happened with Trusted Reviews which is now a shadow of the site it was.

[Funkstar]

their own site called The Verge (isn't that the guitarist in U2? - ed),

No, that's The Edge. The Verge is the grassy bit at the side of the road, not a great name for a tech site, like being stuck on the verge.

[Gordy]

The accuse him of having a conflict of interest, but were happy enough to invest 10million in the fund.... Me thinks I smell something fishy.

[Scott B]

It's all coming to a head: http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/06/edi...-independence/

[Gordy]

It's all coming to a head: http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/06/edi...-independence/

I think it will all get sorted out as I think to sack him would cost AOL a fortune. The writers would follow to whatever place he sets up next and TC would die.

[Scott B]

I think it will all get sorted out as I think to sack him would cost AOL a fortune. The writers would follow to whatever place he sets up next and TC would die.

Let's see if they've learnt from Engadget...