Holovaty: Newspapers are Portugal
It's a brilliant, deadly kiss-off. Everyone had a theory on why Adrian Holovaty sold his Everyblock to MSNBC and not a newspaper company. To MediaShift this week, Holovaty says the controversy doesn't makes sense and doesn't give a direct answer. But his indirect answer is gold.
It's like asking me, after I put together a band of musicians, why I didn't choose the musician who spoke Portuguese. What difference does it make if a musician speaks Portuguese? I'm going to pick the band member based on how good of a musician he is, not which languages he speaks. That's completely unrelated. Of course, if our band planned to tour in Portugal, it might be a different story, but let's put it this way: the band is not planning to tour in Portugal.
If you care about one medium before all else and not the bigger media picture, you're screwed. Enjoy Lisbon's bar scene (check it, "I'm a Rock Star in Portugal" hat) while we trust ideas and work ethics elsewhere.
August 26th, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Hahaha, yes. I just posted this exact same quote (hadn't seen yours yet). He's spot on.