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(55,445 posts)Crawling from the wreckage: Looks like Pierre Omidyar drove his fancy $250 million blog empire into a ditch
hit just got real over at The Intercept, the one fancy-schmancy blog that eBay founder Pierre Omidyar managed to get off the ground after much fanfare and hoohah and $250 million cash-waving-about.
As the kids say, pass the popcorn, because a key attraction left in a huff, Intercept headliners are indulging in an airing of grievances, and the whole thing is turning into what my grandmother would call a good old fashioned country clusterfuck.
If youre into the whole inside-baseball aspect on Intertube new-sites and blogs and whatever the hell The Daily Caller is supposed to be, you are probably aware that First Look Medias marquee hire Matt Taibbi has taken leave of the company before the first pixel of the his web-zine called Racket launched. How awkward and curious and intriguing.
Lets dig in, and for musical accompaniment might I suggest: Take this Job and Shove It by Johnny Paycheck, Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Welcome to Planet Motherfucker by White Zombie.
Cool. Now for the details.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/crawling-from-the-wreckage-looks-like-pierre-omidyar-drove-his-fancy-250-million-blog-empire-into-a-ditch/#.VFLeFi7b7hY.twitter