Jason Calacanis on the loose?

November 16, 2006 By

What would it take to land Jason Calacanis, GM of AOL? Valleywag called here today, I hear, and tried to find out if he’d be coming to PodTech.

Oh, that’d be fun, but come on, why would Jason want to play in someone else’s pond? If I were in his position I’d start something new.

If the rumors of Jason leaving AOL are true, AOL just got a lot more uninteresting.

UPDATE: Jason confirmed he is leaving AOL. Beet.TV reports that Egadget’s Peter Rojas is staying at AOL.

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  • http://rsathya.wordpress.com/ Sathya

    Hi Scoble,
    this comment has nothing related to Jason or AOL.
    Just wanted to let u know about veotag. Watched a video that was taged. Too good.

    Some thing like this for the ScobleShow would be great.

  • http://rsathya.wordpress.com/ Sathya

    Hi Scoble,
    this comment has nothing related to Jason or AOL.
    Just wanted to let u know about veotag. Watched a video that was taged. Too good.

    Some thing like this for the ScobleShow would be great.

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  • http://www.latenitemash.com/ daniel

    AOL hires an ad and tv man CEO…are the big ol’ companies getting it yet? I think actually, yes, they are.

  • http://www.latenitemash.com daniel

    AOL hires an ad and tv man CEO…are the big ol’ companies getting it yet? I think actually, yes, they are.

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  • http://sparkplug9.com/bizhack/ John Koetsier

    Calacanis was the only reason anyone intelligent paid any attention to AOL, period. Incredible that they’d let him walk.

  • http://sparkplug9.com/bizhack/ John Koetsier

    Calacanis was the only reason anyone intelligent paid any attention to AOL, period. Incredible that they’d let him walk.

  • http://www.psynixis.com/blog/ Simon Brocklehurst

    @6. “Incredible they’d *let* him walk”? *Let*? They can’t stop him – slavery was abolished some time ago!

  • http://www.psynixis.com/blog/ Simon Brocklehurst

    @6. “Incredible they’d *let* him walk”? *Let*? They can’t stop him – slavery was abolished some time ago!

  • http://www.bloggingsystemsblog.com/ Paul Chaney

    Engadget even.

    I’m with Jim Turner on this one…I think Jason will do something new and different, but whatever it is will be inspired by his publishing background. The WIN model worked too well for him to abandon it.

    The difference this time, according to Jason, is that previously he knew how to run a multi-million dollar company. Now, thanks to his “mentor” Jon Miller, he knows how to run a multi-billion dollar company.

  • http://www.bloggingsystemsblog.com Paul Chaney

    Engadget even.

    I’m with Jim Turner on this one…I think Jason will do something new and different, but whatever it is will be inspired by his publishing background. The WIN model worked too well for him to abandon it.

    The difference this time, according to Jason, is that previously he knew how to run a multi-million dollar company. Now, thanks to his “mentor” Jon Miller, he knows how to run a multi-billion dollar company.

  • http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspxhttp://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspx paul

    I liked Jon Miller too, but AOL is a sinking ship.

    The changes at Netscape angered many users, maybe some were stockholders.

    Netscape should be where Firefox is today, AOL blew that one big-time.

  • http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspxhttp://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspx paul

    I liked Jon Miller too, but AOL is a sinking ship.

    The changes at Netscape angered many users, maybe some were stockholders.

    Netscape should be where Firefox is today, AOL blew that one big-time.

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