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Paul Thurrott Leaves SuperSite, Launches Thurrott.com

posted by janrinok on Saturday January 17 2015, @09:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the going-live-today dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Longtime Microsoft-centric journalist and blogger Paul Thurrott has left Supersite for Windows, and the website he founded sixteen years ago, and its sister site Windows IT Pro, for reasons explained in his farewell post. The sites (the former of which is still branded 'Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows' for now, but that will surely change) will be maintained by a staff of journalists employed by Penton, an information services conglomerate.

Thurrott's new site, thurrott.com, went live on January 17 with a photo of a coffee cup; the site's tab headings indicate a continuation of the Microsoft focus, but the tag "News & Analysis for Tech Enthusiasts" leaves the door open for broader coverage. Thurrott has also signed on as a contributor to Petri IT Knowledgebase; the timing of the move was not coincidental:

So when Blue Whale Web Managing Partner George Coll and I had the opportunity to bring Paul aboard as a contributor to the Petri IT Knowledgebase and to partner with him to launch an all-new tech website at Thurrott.com, we jumped at the chance.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by gallondr00nk on Saturday January 17 2015, @10:40PM

    by gallondr00nk (392) on Saturday January 17 2015, @10:40PM (#135739)

    It sounds like the site has had its Dice moment, and he's had enough.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 17 2015, @11:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 17 2015, @11:03PM (#135740)

    Or he wants a more direct line to the revenue the site generates.

  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Sunday January 18 2015, @07:23AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Sunday January 18 2015, @07:23AM (#135771) Journal

    Microsoft site, having a Dice moment! Ha ha! Ha! That really begs the question! Either that, or this is some of the best hyperbolic unintentional irony ever created by a sentient being.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 18 2015, @05:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 18 2015, @05:17PM (#135836)

    He may have had a fundamental disagreement with his employers over the site's direction. Penton would want good relations with Microsoft and its business partners so they can maximize their ad revenues. Thurrott, while historically has been somewhat of a cheerleader for Redmond, also wants journalistic independence. This type of article [winsupersite.com] might have led to closed door discussions.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 18 2015, @07:30PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 18 2015, @07:30PM (#135856)

      So... many... words... in that article.

      They probably asked him to start getting to his point a little sooner.