TC was running fine for a year at AOL until they bought in Huffington, who wanted TC to fall under her org. This was all about Armstrong being weak over Huffigt

TC was running fine for a year at AOL until they bought in Huffington, who wanted TC to fall under her org. This was all about Armstrong being weak over Huffigton, and it wasn't just TC employees who have left but many others in the senior ranks at AOL because of it (Garinghouse, Einh) AOL are the primary investor in the Crunchfund, a bit hard to FU their own investments This co. is being started by Sarah with Arrington (amongst many others) as a (minor) investor Arrington has previously started, and sold, startups. Hardly an armchair quarterback. Just to be clear, you are accusing Arrington of a conflict of interest on a site that he didn't start and doesn't exist yet. and re: Engadget. The guys who left and started The Verge are on fire. It is already the 8th most linked blog on Technorati and 3rd on TM rank - fastest growing media property I have ever seen. So that works.