Tom Merritt and the New Economy

Tom Merritt is not only an excellent sci-fi author (seriously), but an amazing talent in podcasting and tech punditry. I’ve listened to him from the days of TechTV a decade ago into CNet’s Buzz Out Loud and into his daily show on TWiT called Tech News Today.

So, this sucked…

After some soul searching, I’ve decided that we do need an in-studio anchor for Tech News Today, and a News Director who can help us build the kind of organization you can count on for authoritative tech news and information.

So it’s with a heavy heart that I’m announcing that we’re not going to renew Tom’s contract as host of TNT. His last show will be at the end of the month.

via inside.TWIT.tv | …the revolution will be streamed… – Blog – Changes at TWiT, Part 1.

Comments closed, indeed.

I’m a big fan of TWiT and Leo Laporte’s work on building his own podcasting empire, but this is not a good move.

Amazingly enough, Tom and his pal Roger recorded this podcast tonight about the nature of the new economy, working for yourself vs working for others and the uncertain road of going it alone.

It’s worth your time to go listen.

God knows this is something I’ve been going through with setting up my own business. Tom has been an inspiration for both my marketing agency, my podcasting aspirations for Thinking.FM and a plethora of other businesses I have in mind.

Godspeed, Tom. Sucks for now but things will be better than ever soon with the ability to handle the NSFW crowd like you do. Keep writing, podcasting, and inspiring the rest of us who want to follow you into the new economy.

2 Replies to “Tom Merritt and the New Economy”

  1. Saw this last night as well. This really sucks. I also followed Tom from his days at TechTV and listened to Buzz Out Loud almost every afternoon. That show was never the same after he left.

    I understand that things like this happen from time to time, but the way Leo went about announcing this move was awful. It’s like he went out of his way to let you know that it was his decision. Even his tweet about it (https://twitter.com/leolaporte/status/408813817687060480) was smug at best. You would think he would have known better considering the way Comcast / G4 treated him.

    Oh well, can’t wait to see what comes of this.

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    1. Interesting that Tom, Molly and Veronica are all relative free agents now…

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