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AOL Changes: Bankoff, Redling and Buckley Out - Valleywag right after all?

I never read Valleywag before Nick took control, no, not that Nick, the other Nick.  Oh, whatever.

Point is, when Nick Douglas was replaced by Nick Denton with, well, Nick Denton, it made the news and afterwards I began to track the site.  I find that it’s a great source of information, like many do judging by the numbers.  The critics might have their reason to complain, after all, everyone is entitled to their opinion, fitting, since Valleywag is one part news, one part rumor, one part opinion; which seems to be the right mix of ingredients for a successful blog.

Alas, this past week, everyone from Fred Wilson to Matt McAlister have been singing the praises.

Earlier this week, Valleywag “broke the rumor” (or should it be news) that Time Warner’s AOL was about to undergo major changes, including Joe Redling, John McKinley, Kevin Conroy and Jim Bankoff.  At the time, it turned out to be wrong, well, at least premature.

And, as a result, a lot of people said that this was an example of Denton’s editorial style, and were not being kind with the observation.

Yet today, Paid Content seems to confirm the reports, suggesting that Valleywag was right after all.  For what it’s worth, we scanned the archives and see why Douglas himself was picked for the initial mandate, and agree that Valleywag the new format is probably more in tune with the market it strives to target.  It’s not that we don’t like sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, it’s that, the name of this blog notwithstanding, the IT space is not that hip to merit having its dirty laundry exposed in such a manner.

All to say, shocking to see what is happening at AOL.  Another case of old media executives shoving out the new media types now that old media is intent of putting its fingerprints all over the faster growing divisions.

This is something that made our Top 10 High Tech Trends of 2006.

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Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Dec 15th

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