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Josh Quittner, the Fortune executive editor who's reportedly plotting his escape from his gilded cage at the magazine, has written a perfunctory profile of TechCrunch blog impresario Michael Arrington. Nothing we haven't read before — including the obligatory paragraph about Arrington's conflicts of interest in writing about startups even as he invests in them. Quittner observes that the practice seems to boost Arrington's reputation in the Valley. One conflict Quittner never mentions: As editor of Business 2.0, where I worked for him, he tried to strike a deal with Arrington to save the magazine by merging it with TechCrunch. The effort failed, landing Quittner at Fortune.
Fortune columnist fails to disclose Arrington tie
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5:00 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Owen Thomas
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Plan B, if the offer from Fortune fell through- Job with Procter & Gamble, appearing as Mr. Clean in shopping malls.
Look, he just forgot, okay? Like Hillary forgot they weren't actually shooting at her on the tarmac in Bosnia. A person can't be expected to remember every little thing that happens to him/her.
lol @travelina....
Mossberg does the same shit. Mossberg, Arrington, and everyone else like them have no influence over me. I ignore them.
It is too bad I can't say, "Who the hell is Arrington???" to this article.
Well, what about your former employment at Business 2.0, Owen? Don't you think that's worth mentioning here?
BTW...I once wrote an article for B2. Full disclosure.
@greeterdan: Good point!
This one time, in 2001, I read an article in B2. Full disclosure.
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