The news broke about 10 hours ago that the first prominent tech blog which launched in 2006 Gigaom is closing. It had been struggling for some time and had significant changes in personnel. It’s even changed its focus twords its more lucrative research business and events. But none of that could save it. Om Malik who started the blog posted a statement to his personal website stating that the game was up and the creditors were in charge.
It’s really too bad as they did a lot of things right and appealed to a very broad audience. But it’s a different day and there’s so much content out there. It likely made it too hard for Gigaom to survive. They will be missed.
Pioneering Tech Blog Gigaom Shutting Down
Posted in Commentary with tags Gigaom on March 10, 2015 by itnerdThe news broke about 10 hours ago that the first prominent tech blog which launched in 2006 Gigaom is closing. It had been struggling for some time and had significant changes in personnel. It’s even changed its focus twords its more lucrative research business and events. But none of that could save it. Om Malik who started the blog posted a statement to his personal website stating that the game was up and the creditors were in charge.
It’s really too bad as they did a lot of things right and appealed to a very broad audience. But it’s a different day and there’s so much content out there. It likely made it too hard for Gigaom to survive. They will be missed.
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