Categories: OLD Media Moves

New Valleywag editor goes on the offense

Kara Swisher of The Wall Street Journal writes on the All Things D web site about new Valleywag editor Owen Thomas, a former Business 2.0 editor who is ruffling feathers in the tech industry.

Swisher wrote, “InÂ his post on the move, Denton said: ‘You see, Thomas isnâ€™t just a veteran of business journalism, with excellent sources in the tech industry (most of which he will burn).’

“And indeed, so far Thomas has been busy slapping around the denizens of Silicon Valley (including me for being too nice to Yahoo U.S. sales head Dave Karnstedt) with newfound vigor of a man freed from the mainstream media.

“Not everyone likes it, finding some posts too snarky and cutting, but everyone does seem to read it.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.