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Jai Singh, the founding editor of News.com and editor-in-chief of CNET's news and reviews websites, is leaving to worry about his health and "ponder what's next," he told colleagues in an email. He was replaced by Dan Farber, a CNET blogger. Farber has much to do. News.com's news judgment has gotten laughably out of sync with its audience. Contrast this array of headlines on February 9 with Techmeme's selection. Techmeme's algorithm, sensibly, focuses on the Microsoft-Yahoo battle. CNET's editors? Religion and digital fantasies. I'd pray, too.
Why Jai Singh needed to go
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5:00 PM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Owen Thomas
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Owen, good point. But for CNET to mention anything about hostile takeovers would force the obligatory mention that CNET too is being approached by less than friendly raiders, no?
What about his health?
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