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Chris Ziegler Is Leaving Engadget

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Joanna Stern left yesterday, apparently, as well: https://twitter.com/#!/JoannaStern/status/52731217791041536

I appreciate that each editor has written a big long blog post saying that they're not leaving because of AOL, but I think it's pretty apparent that something is going on (The sheer number of editors leaving at the same time is a little too convenient).

Wow, didn't know this. While there are still some good writers left, this probably completes the set of high profile editors on Engadget.

This looks suspiciously like a new site is about to hatch with a lot of ex-Engadget writers working.

Surely AOL had some sort of non-compete clause.

agree - they are all leaving one by one - something is definitely up - it's not like AOL was going to close EG so it's really interesting.

Big corporations change things. They don't want to, but they just can't help themselves. The Engadget guys are probably being asked to fill out quarterly training goals in Excel worksheets and enter their sick days in an IE6-only web app that goes down every day at 6pm for maintenance. Or maybe the editors were "invited" to attend leadership training. There are many kinds of torture that wouldn't encroach on editorial freedom.

AOL has owned Engadget for six years. I doubt they're leaving because things got "corporate" all of a sudden.

"What’s my point? It’s that we don’t take crap from anyone, internally or externally." --- I wonder if it had anything to do with Arrington and TechCrunch.

Still looking for an Engadget alternative, if anyone knows one...

AnandTech is the best technology site I know of. However they are not a 20 post per day blog.

I subscribe to Electronista for gadget announcements and Ars Technica for analysis.

so, who is going to turn off the lights?

Another one bites the dust.

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