I believe this was inevitable. especially since TC's core team took off. Its usually not pretty there, with more than 50 posts in a couple of days. My reader is usually overblown with TC and i read very few of them. Looking forward to what Mike has in the bag, maybe they can bring other ex-TCers on-board too.. MG and Paul.
The only things that surprise me are:<p>1. Why AOL thought buying TC would turn out any other way (or was a remotely good idea at all); and<p>2. Just how big of a jackass Arington is. I mean the whole way it's been Arrington cashing out and just sending big FUs to AOL.<p>TC succeeded at least in part due to timing. The same team won't recreate it's success just by virtue of being the same team. Just look at Engadget and, well, pretty much every other example.<p>Arrington has a conflict of interest with his Crunchfund. After years of covering startups the armchair quarterback has decided "hey I can do this too!" and starts another quasi-media outlet to pimp his investments. Shocker.