INFORMATION PROVIDERS WANT TO BE FREE

“Newspapers are kind of dreary, depressed places. I would go the penniless Web route to get practice.”

Well-paid pontificator Malcolm Gladwell, on why his successors in the media business should avoid the troublesome practice of paying their rent and student loans, Media Decoder, 13 April 2012

SCRATCH WHERE IT ITCHES

“While Patch is in a continual process of truly fascinating evolution and only a toddler of a company, it has definitely left ‘scratch’ in the dust.”

Patch editor-in-chief Brian Farnham, describing the impact the AOL-owned hyperlocal network has had with unwitting accuracy in a post announcing his resignation, Patch Blog, 11 April 2012

I ALWAYS PROTECT MY SOURCES … OF INCOME

“When in doubt, defer to the entrepreneur.”

Journalist turned venture capitalist MG Siegler, summing up why he left truth-telling for stake-selling, Parislemon, 10 April 2012

STRICTLY BETWEEN YOU, ME, AND 116,990 TWITTER FOLLOWERS

“Obviously much of the communication I’ve had with the company the last week is private and confidential. I will share this email that I sent to Sarah this morning, though.”

Venture journalist Michael Arrington, outlining his confidentiality policy in a post explaining that he’s shocked, shocked to have been fired as a board member by PandoDaily founder Sarah Lacy, his former TechCrunch protégée, Uncrunched, 9 April 2012

SHARE ALL THE MOMENTS!

“With the support and cross-pollination of ideas and talent at a place like Facebook, we hope to create an even more exciting future for Instagram and Facebook alike.”

Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, on selling out his photo-sharing service’s 30 million users to a company best known for its creative ideas about privacy, Instagram Blog, 9 April 2012