Comments on: AOL’s Unhappy TVSquad Bloggers Stay, But Also Launch Competing Site

By: CliqueClack TV - What TV Squad Used to Be | Windows Home Theater

CliqueClack TV - What TV Squad Used to Be | Windows Home Theater — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:02:06 +0000

[...] All of this is a result of the major budget cuts at AOL. Many bloggers have left the AOL fold, but the TV Squad crew took a different approach. They’re still there at TV Squad doing the lighter blog that AOL has redirected, but many of the same writers are now writing those always interesting stories about television that we’ve come to love at TV Squad. Read more about the turmoil of the TV Squad Crew at TechCrunch [...]

By: Marah Marie

Marah Marie — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:11:52 +0000

Ha ha. Suuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrre it is.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

By: silicon valley dropout

silicon valley dropout — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:53:01 +0000

my money is on aol to win the battle . aol is the company that just wont die.

By: More AOL Videos

More AOL Videos — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:10:26 +0000

Bloogers had became a new internet power. Don’t under estimated that

By: Me

Me — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:29:00 +0000

As someone very close to both sites, let me set the record straight.

There’s nothing “shady” or “bad” about this new site. CliqueClack was started by the ex-editor of TV Squad. He was leaving TV Squad anyway, not to start a new TV site. He started the new site not as a “competitor” to TV Squad but just because he likes writing about TV and wanted to keep doing it.

As for working for both, AOL has told the bloggers directly that they don’t mind them writing for competing sites. In fact, they encourage it. And there are no non-compete clauses in the contracts. Writers there have been working for different TV blogs and publications for months even years already.

As for the writers doing the new site while still working for TV Squad, it’s just like any other freelance situation. You write for as many sites and publications as you can. How else can a writer make a living? AOL in general is going through many changes right now and we all know they’re making cuts across all of the blogs/sites. There’s nothing wrong with both sites existing, even with the same people working on both.

By: "www.ShawnDrewry.com

"www.ShawnDrewry.com — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:38:16 +0000

AOL has budget cust now? WOW!!!

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:03:11 +0000

Its an SEO competition more than anything else – the insurrection has to show that they can extract more from their post in advertising dollars as compared to when they were with AOL.

SEO people please chime in – what’s the best CMS? Drupal?

By: Finger pointers

Finger pointers — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:30:03 +0000

Listen to u all with your shame on you, shame on me bullsh!t. I think AOL should buy those bloggers out for less than what they are worth and send them on their merry way especially if you choose to continually stay in the same camp which is currently being burned to the ground! Wise the f@ck up people!!

By: AOL’s Unhappy TVSquad Bloggers Stay | Tech News - Business News And Social Networking

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:00:00 +0000

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By: Bud

Bud — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:07:52 +0000

Sam, AOL barely wants the bloggers around in the first place, which is why they are setting up shop outside. AOL paid too much for the blogs, (sorry TechCrunch, although you should be happy) and is not able to pay per article the way they have been, plus AOL Time Warner wants to dump most of what is AOL and its holdings.

Oddly, more eyeballs will still go to the AOL sites due to having established past.

By: informednetworker.com

informednetworker.com — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:40:19 +0000

AOL’s Unhappy TVSquad Bloggers Stay, But Also Launch Competing Site…

AOL’s budget cuts across the board have been well reported, but the bloggers were the most vocal about it (as bloggers tend to be).Many bloggers have reportedly left. The group behind TVSquad is doing something a little different, though. They haven’…

By: notbornhere.com

notbornhere.com — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:40:19 +0000

From AOL’s perspective, I don’t see an issue. If the bloggers stay and make the new blog successful, then AOL has a chance of grabbing it. if they leave or are let go, what does AOL get ?

Sometimes it’s not always an emotional decision.

By: Mr K

Mr K — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:22:29 +0000

that is bad play from the bloggers. AOL probably do have something in the job contracts about who you can work for while employed. I’m sure some restraint of trade. Could come into effect.

I know I’d be fired if I started a competting business while employed. AOL is in enough trouble without it’s own staff underminig it

By: AOL’s TVSquad Bloggers Stay, But Also Launch Competing Site | SouravSharmaDotCom

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:45:58 +0000

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By: Sam Bensalem

Sam Bensalem — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:38:23 +0000

Thats pretty shady of them. AOL has two options here.

1) Fire the blogger
2) Buy the blog

I think option 1 is a better way to go. I wonder what mike would do if one of his writers started a competing blog while working at techcrunch.