Paul Carr, a popular tech writer, has had his column axed by the Guardian. This was announced, of course, via tweet:
The Twitterverse is suprised, and a little upset.
Guardian Technology editor queries the market:
There. He’s said it. The freemium model is broken (Murdoch would say “malfunctioning”). We can’t afford the freelancer, so how much would you pay for him?
“paid-for bundle”, eh? My, this is happening quickly.
Meanwhile, has Big Blog already made a pitch for the freelancer?
Probably not… Paul Carr’s lastest (now final) column was laying into London’s startup scene, something the above blog editor is rather in to.
***UPDATE 21/07: Oh look, Carr did indeed join TechCrunch. Perhaps Arrington is deliberately cashing in on the Guardian’s losses – they haven’t exactly been seeing eye to eye recently. Also see here, here, here, here….***
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George // July 22, 2009 at 8:53 am |
Fantastic news! Although I’ve never been a fan of TechCrunch I’ve always liked many of the columnists at The Guardian and this may be a firm reason for me to start reading more of their stuff. They’ve nabbed themselves a fine writer.