Eight Defectors From AOL's Engadget Start New Tech Site

Eight defectors from AOL’s tech site Engadget are starting a new tech site with their former boss, Jim Bankoff, who now runs a federation of sports sites called SB Nation, the New York Times reports.

So what went wrong at AOL? Engadget was apparently working as a permanent start-up, with 16-hour days. “We have been working on blogging technology that was developed in 2003, we haven’t made a hire since I started running the site,” said Joshua Topolsky, who was the editor of Engadget.

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