{"id":1593,"date":"2007-07-27T19:28:07","date_gmt":"2007-07-27T23:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/07\/27\/its-arrington-vs-scoble-over-podtech\/"},"modified":"2007-07-27T19:28:07","modified_gmt":"2007-07-27T23:28:07","slug":"its-arrington-vs-scoble-over-podtech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/07\/27\/its-arrington-vs-scoble-over-podtech\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Arrington vs. Scoble over Podtech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it seems that Twitter is good for something: I watched a blog war<\/a> (or at least a skirmish) blow up in real time via the “micro-blogging” app that just got funded by Fred Wilson at Union Square. First, Robert Scoble said that he was in an all-staff meeting at the company — and that Mike Arrington “got a lot of things wrong<\/em>” in his recent post on the status of Podtech<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To this, Mike responded on his Twitter — directly to Scoble — that:<\/p>\n

“If I got the story wrong, its because John wasn’t being clear in how he describes the company.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and<\/p>\n

“It’s bullshit to call this out publicly. I assume the off-record conversation is now fair game for TechCrunch.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fair game for this latest post<\/a> by Mike, in which he writes that the previous post was one “Podtech pleaded with me to write, to counter the massive negative publicity they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been getting around the blogosphere<\/em>,” and that he agreed to write it “after two phone conversations with Furrier and some independent digging.<\/em>” I actually thought that Mike was pretty fair in that initial post.<\/p>\n

In any case, he says now that:<\/p>\n

“I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve kept most of my personal opinions about Podtech to myself so far. I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t for example, said that I personally find 90% of Podtech content just slightly more entertaining than watching paint dry.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ouch. He also says that: <\/p>\n

“I write stuff how I see it, which is not the same thing as what the companies involved necessarily want to see. Never confuse TechCrunch with your PR or marketing team.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Game on. Should be a fun TechCrunch party tonight \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Update:<\/b><\/p>\n

In a Twitter post this morning, Scoble says:<\/p>\n

“I’m tired of fighting with people in public about it. We’ll have the ultimate laugh if we make PodTech profitable … I certainly have lots of opportunities and would have left long ago if things were dire. <\/p>\n

We ARE going through turbulence, though … and nearly every startup I know has gone through changes in direction, unstatisfactory employees, strategies that don’t work out etc … <\/p>\n

What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. My show is doing very well, though, and I’m having a ball personally.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Update 2:<\/b><\/p>\n

Scoble just posted this<\/a> to his Twitter, saying Gillmor told him Arrington was right “about everything.” Mike responded within minutes on Crunchnotes with this post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nThe funny thing is that Robert and I were immediately laughing together at the TechCrunch party, just an hour or so after the big fight on Friday. He apologized. I apologized. Then we shot some video.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Well, it seems that Twitter is good for something: I watched a blog war (or at least a skirmish) blow up in real time via the “micro-blogging” app that just got funded by Fred Wilson at Union Square. First, Robert Scoble said that he was in an all-staff meeting at the company — and that … <\/p>\n

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