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Re: Jason Calacanis has left the building

Tony — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:45:15 -0000

UPDATE: Jason Calacanis has admitted on his blog that he is in fact leaving Netscape.
calacanis.com

-- and that the NYT had the right of it.

If you will excuse me, its time for me to eat some crow ;)

Re: Jason Calacanis has left the building

Tony — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:23:30 -0000

Yeah, I'm not convinced the NYT got the scoop there -- Calacanis isn't yet, apparently, confirming anything. Anyone IM's him gets the same response. There's nothing on his blog either.

While its all but certain what will happen, I'm not sure where the evidence is to be announcing it as fact.

Re: Jason Calacanis has left the building

Mathew Ingram — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:38:20 -0000

Traffic doesn't look too hot either: http://www.alexaholic.com/netscape.com+digg.com

Re: Jason Calacanis has left the building

howardlindzon — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:36:18 -0000

Press. Whats that worth :) . Seriously though. No meat, he was baaaad.

Re: Jason Calacanis has left the building

Mathew Ingram — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:01:59 -0000

You are right, Muhammad, it is a little unfair -- and I used that word knowing that it would get a reaction. I think there is still a lot of debate about whether paying submitters of sites to Digg or Netscape is a valid business strategy, or whether it was merely an attenton-grabbing gesture on Jason's part and a way of trying to suck some of the momentum away from Digg.

Re: Jason Calacanis has left the building

Muhammad Saleem — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:47:11 -0000

Hey Matt,

I think you are a little unfair when you say 'bribing' the top posters. My bias (for getting paid) aside, I think this statement from Jason explains it all:

"If we're (DIGG, Delicious, Flickr, Reddit, MySpace, Netscape, etc) are going to make businesses out of this space we should share the wealth."