Marshall Kirkpatrick Joins Read/WriteWeb
I'm very pleased to announce that Marshall Kirkpatrick is joining Read/WriteWeb as a Lead Writer, starting this Monday. Marshall teams up with Josh Catone in this role, meaning that Read/WriteWeb now has three daily writers (including myself). Marshall will focus on breaking news for Read/WriteWeb, something he is very skilled at and which will complement Josh and I well. Josh's role hasn't changed - he will continue to provide daily news and analysis. My own role will change a bit - I will still write daily on R/WW, but focus more on analysis. Also of course having Marshall on board allows me to spend more time growing the business.
In order to join R/WW and work more on his independent consulting practice, Marshall has resigned from his role as Director of Content at SplashCast Media, a media syndication company.
Many of you will remember Marshall from his previous job as lead blogger at TechCrunch. Before that, Marshall was the editor of AOL's Social Software Weblog and he's also written for NetSquared, a project of the nonprofit tech assistance organization CompuMentor. So Marshall brings to Read/WriteWeb a wealth of tech blogging experience and he will be an integral part of our team going forward.
A note to startups and companies wishing to be covered by Read/WriteWeb: it is even more important now that you use the tips@readwriteweb.com email address to contact us with news. Josh and Marshall will be monitoring that address daily. I often don't have the time to reply to startups who email me directly, something I'm forever feeling guilty about! So please use the tips address, to ensure the best chance of coverage on Read/WriteWeb.
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Congrats to RWW and Marshall!
Rex
Wow, wow and wow - that has to be the tag team double act of the century. Congratulations to Marshall and Richard for pulling this one off - can't wait to see the results!
Congrats Read/WriteWeb for bringing Marshall into the mix.
He's a blogging legend. I look forward to reading him over on RWW.
Good fit. Congrats.
Very happy about this development Marshall - you are a total gentleman who understands all the implications and gives everyone a fair slice of your time.
Richard - you have always been the quiet visionary in the discussion - you two make a perfect match.
Very good news for everyone.
Thanks Rex and Michael (and Richard!) I'm super excited to join the RWW team and commune with the readers. Yippee!
Fantastic. Marshall writing for R/WW is perfect! Congrats to all.
I too want to offer Marshall my congratulations. I'm really looking forward to working with one of my all-time favorite bloggers. :)
Thanks supportive commenters!
Can you subscribe to a blog more than once! ;) Congrats Marshal and RWW! I anxiously but happily await the posts. Even better RWW news - I am so happy right now. :D
Hmmm... I wonder what Arrington has to say about this...
Congrats Marshall!
This is a fantastic news. I always had great respect for Marshall. Waiting for his posts.
A great addition to RWW! The friendly Marshall is back... congrats!
That I should have lived to see a Yugoslavian dictator returning from the dead to join a New Zealand blogging company! Truly, ours is a time of wonder.
I learned a ton from working with Marshall at SplashCast. He's a real pro. All the best success to RWW!
Honestly, I'm not familiar with Michael's work personally, although I'm sure I've read it before. But in general, I'm a bit suspicious of his TechCrunch lineage. One big reason I enjoy RWW is because it's a nice, analytical antidote to TC's blustering, hype-induced nonsense.
Having said that, I will give the benefit of doubt to Richard's judgment, and give the new guy a chance. HA!
And I thought people were going to stop calling me Michael in comments when I stopped working at TechCrunch! lol, well Bryan - I'm definitely going to do my best to keep up the RWW thoughtfulness, it's one of the main reasons I'm excited to work here. If I drop the ball, though, make sure to call me on it!
Onward!!!
I am looking forward to reading Marshall's insight daily. This is a great addition to R/WW.
Welcome Marshall. Hopefully, his insight will bring another angle to the web and startup's analysis in RWW.
Hi Marshall
Well done old chap ... and you too Richard. The more of us writing about startups the better.
Sam
Excellent stuff. Look forward to your first posts Marshall.
andy
This is great news! I am very happy for you, Marshall! R/WW is one of the coolest places in the Web. Good luck to you and to Richard! Can't wait to read your articles.
Whakamihi to Richard for getting Marshall on board and to Marshall for feeding RWW with his thoughtful insights.
Here in Paris (where the weather is nice, however somewhat cloudy for the French rugby team), we've always liked Marshall's work at TC, on his blog and at Splashcast. Great ideas that have guided some of our work with Blastfeed and RollSense. And hopefully more to come.
Cheers
Patrick
Not only great news... lots of well deserved enthusiastic reactions.
great! good for RWW! I Hope Marshall will bring some wit to RWW. MacManus' writing is always great, balanced, comprehensive, but sometimes too flat and serious and rarely provides strong opinion.
I thrilled for our readers for Richard and Marshall. This is a fantastic match and exciting point in the history of Read/WriteWeb!
Dang, Marshall, if I had known you were back on the market!
Congrats, Richard -- excellent catch.
Welcome Marshall,
Please feel free to stop by AltSearchEngines anytime for a fresh cup of coffee!
Charles
Congratulations Marshall.
I always enjoyed reading your posts on TechCrunch. Good luck here at RWW. Will you still be working for TC as well?
Awesome, congrats Marshall! RW/W is getting better by the day.
Congrats, guys! R/WW will be even better!
Marshall, congratulations. Read/Write Web is lucky to have you! Keep up the great work you guys!
Congrats Richard, great move. Marshall, happy to see you here, the best blog no doubt.
Congrats Richard and Marshall. Excellent news.
I look forward many informative, analytical, and well thought out posts that I've come to expect from Read/WriteWeb.
Marshall - congrats!!!
Awesome. Congratultions to R/WW and Marshall.
R/WW could not have found a better blogger to break news. In turn, Marshall gets to draw on an awesome bank of analytical thinkers when sizing up the opportunity for new entrants.
From another nptech-o-phile...a great boon for us. Congrats Marsharll!!!
FTW!
Congrats Rich. Marshall was great when he was writing for Techcrunch. I'm looking forward to reading his writeups. It is widely talked about that you're coverage on topics is the best in the space - stories are very well done with in depth analysis. Keep on creating meaning to all the confusion out there.
Congrats to you both! Can't wait to read Marshall's stuff again.
Thanks everybody, I really appreciate the warm welcomes! See ya back here Monday morning!
Wow. You guys are going to rock!
Cool! I guess a lot of the blogging opportunities are with joining the big boys. I guess writing a good blog and growing a good business are two very different skills.
Great Pickup Rich! Welcome Marshall.
Fantastic addition to the team. Keep it up, guys!
Congrats Marshall. We have one more place to look for quality posts from you :-)
While I'll miss your posts at SplashCast, I'll be glad to see you writing about various new tech again. Congrats.
Great pick up in getting Marshall over here at R/WW, very respected writer whom I've been reading for ages.
For me, this makes R/WW just that much better and a clear leader in quality online reporting and analysis.
The quality gap between R/WW and TC is getting greater, imho.