I’m absolutely loving how thoroughly The Verge is covering this story. No other tech news site seems to be updating this situation so frequently and with such a supportive tone.
There’s a reason for that. While officially for tax purposes, Reddit was made independent because Advance Media didn’t want that big a failure on their books, Advance is still the majority shareholder. That means that the following publications either would be on Spez’s side, or have to keep muzzled. I think it’s better for them to keep out of it rather than wade in and be called out for the mandates that’d come down from Editorial.
Wired
Ars Technica
Backchannel
A lot of the tech world goes to those as canonical sources. That means it gets kept dark.
I’m absolutely loving how thoroughly The Verge is covering this story. No other tech news site seems to be updating this situation so frequently and with such a supportive tone.
There’s a reason for that. While officially for tax purposes, Reddit was made independent because Advance Media didn’t want that big a failure on their books, Advance is still the majority shareholder. That means that the following publications either would be on Spez’s side, or have to keep muzzled. I think it’s better for them to keep out of it rather than wade in and be called out for the mandates that’d come down from Editorial.
A lot of the tech world goes to those as canonical sources. That means it gets kept dark.