Does anyone know if his earnout has a "without cause" section written into it? Since Mike is a lawyer I presume it is but I don't know for sure. Seems likely he was let go without cause and I wonder if that means he'll vest immediately.
Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)
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Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)
#52(throwaway account for the natural reasons) As an engineer at Aol, articles like this drive me crazy. I'm not 100% sold on the company's viability as it stands (MapQuest, AIM, and Moviefone don't really belong together), but I do want it to succeed. Bizzarre politicking played out publicly and the steady stream of internal emails stating "so-and-so got promoted and other-so-and-so is gone effective immediately" are g…
aol is not a software company. it is not a tech company either, and hasn't been for a long time. it was an ad-sales company until 2008 and now it is a media company.
You're right.
I'm probably just a naive engineer who got acquired in a purchase, but I wish it were better and I think it could be (in a magical universe where better decisions get made by a great many people).
Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)
#53This is abhorrently unimportant drama. TC has been a trash rag from the start, and their flaming dramatic burnout is just as trash as everything else they've ever published. Go away already. This is publicity coup 101 shit. DIAF.
I don't get the vitriolic hate that TechCrunch gets on HN.
Sure, it can be trashy at times but it plays a very useful role in the Startp ecosystem. If it didn't exist then either Startups would get a lot less attention or some other publication would fill its place.
I think startups getting less attention is - on the balance - a bad thing. If a publication other than TC was publication-of-record then it is difficult to say if it would be better or worse.
Arrington did a media startup, cashed out and was going to run a VC fund. What's wrong with that?
Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)
#54What do I have to do to never hear of this man again? EVER.
I paraphrase the FBI's cordial letter of November 1964 to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: "Arrington, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is. You have just 34 days in which to do [it]. … You are done. There is but one way out for you. You better take it before your filthy, abnormal fraudulent self is bared to the nation."
Umm, that was a bit too heavy handed.
I wish the man health, long life and prospority. And I wish to myself an internet without his drama.
Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)
#55What do I have to do to never hear of this man again? EVER.
Unfortunately for you this man's job for years has been to grab your attention whether you want to or not. And he's very good at his job.
Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess it depends on how you interpret this graph: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/engadget.com/?metric=uv (given their contentious relationship it is ironic that AOL killed both Jason Calacanis and Mike Arrington's greatest accomplishments in the exact same way)
speaking of arrington's contentious relationships and recent irony: Bartz canned Tuesday. Arrington canned Wednesday.
If your lastname starts with a 'Z'; you might get canned tomorrow. Alternatively it could be people with 'R' or 'RR' lastnames .. Where is the series?!
Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)
#57What do I have to do to never hear of this man again? EVER.
I paraphrase the FBI's cordial letter of November 1964 to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: "Arrington, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is. You have just 34 days in which to do [it]. … You are done. There is but one way out for you. You better take it before your filthy, abnormal fraudulent self is bared to the nation."
Link to said letter?
Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)
#58Who cares? Does anyone think that TC OR Arrington will become any less influential or important? If anything this is GREAT for Arrington. Lots of press about his new venture, lots of press about his legacy TC, and now he can act in an independent journalistic capacity (even with respect to his investment company) for his own purposes. I just don't get why there are two stories every day about this on HN. (Nothing lik…
His new venture has $8M of AOL funding promised to it, so that could be awkward to say the least. The drama ain't over yet.
Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which noncompetes have been repeatedly held unenforceable (acquisition NC's not included, but they usually have a short lifespan) in California?
He lives in Washington legally. Non-competes are generally enforceable even in California in the case of acquisitions like this. It's hard to argue that he wasn't given sufficient "consideration" which is usually the main issue for normal non-competes in employment contracts. IANAL though.
I doubt it could stop him starting a personal blog or tumblr. he might do it just to find out what happens
Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)
#60Who cares? Does anyone think that TC OR Arrington will become any less influential or important? If anything this is GREAT for Arrington. Lots of press about his new venture, lots of press about his legacy TC, and now he can act in an independent journalistic capacity (even with respect to his investment company) for his own purposes. I just don't get why there are two stories every day about this on HN. (Nothing lik…
His new venture has $8M of AOL funding promised to it, so that could be awkward to say the least. The drama ain't over yet.
Nah, it's a win-win. I mean I'm sure there will be follow-on drama because that's part of the win.