[ricw]

Kind of predictable. There is no way he could be a "serious startup journalist" while working as a VC. While at first AOL seemed to be the "big evil corp.", it now seems to me that this is a simple journalistic principle that should be held and valued highly. As such, I applaud AOL to sticking to this principle. It's simply the right decision. And if Arrington did a good job and laid all the groundwork (and AOL doesn't mess up), techcrunch will keep on going as it has..

[greyman]

But Michael already has several investments in various companies, so what is the principal difference now? He kind of was a VC already, wasn't he?

I am also not sure if TC will be the same without Michael. I personally don't think so, but we'll see.

[eli]

It was wrong before too. It got even more wrong with the new fund, though.