November 17, 2006

jason quits aol

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The big story of the day is, of course, Jason Cala­ca­nis resig­ning from AOL.
Techc­runch first broke the rumor, then The New York Times broke the news offi­cially soon after, and of course, Nick Den­ton over at Valley­wag had something inte­res­ting to say:

But I sus­pect that Miller’s depar­ture will prove a con­ve­nient exit for Cala­ca­nis. He faced an uphill strug­gle to turn around Netscape.com, and see­med to enjoy the gathe­ring frenzy around Web 2.0. For him, espe­cially, it can’t have been easy to sit out the bub­ble, rewar­ded only by salary and big-company stock. Miller’s exit pro­vi­des news cover.

When the news first broke, of course, it came as bit of a shock. But hey, Jason will land on his feet. Regard­less, con­grats to him for figh­ting a good fight, and for figh­ting it valiantly.

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2 Responses to “jason quits aol”

  1. Rob Hyndman says:
    November 17, 2006 at 4:02 PM

    I was sure we’d see a Jason Quits AOL card .…

  2. hugh macleod says:
    November 17, 2006 at 4:38 PM

    Me, too!
    Had to boot up my tablet pc first, though.…