I’ve just learnt via 901am that Michael Arrington has temporarily closed TechCrunch UK, following the dispute with editor Sam Sethi.
I can understand Michael Arrington’s frustrations with Sam Sethi posting after he’d agreed to leave or had been fired, as legally he has no right to continue using TechCrunch property.ÂÂ
However, I think Arrington and also Typepad, who Loic Le Meur (the first person who ever explained to me what a blog was before his company got acquired by Six Apart) are handling the situation really badly now. Putting the popular TechCrunch site on hold and also closing down Sethi’s personal Typebad blog is going to far in my view.
I think this story is going to whip up quite a frenzy in the blogosphere today because of the A-list bloggers involved. Judging by the number of comments already left on TechCrunch this dispute is going to roll on and on.
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