The point isn’t that he overpaid for his deals, the point is that he has the power to get a deal done, something Ramsey clearly did not. After securing a Comcast deal, (even at terms you find unacceptable, though the terms of the deal have never been made public) how could Rogers be any worse then their current CEO?

I’m confused. According to this link your name is listed as a plantiff. Is this another Ed Bott or is your point that the litigation is no longer outstanding?

[Edited to make link clickable. - EB]

My point isn’t that Rogers is a good or bad CEO. I certainly don’t think he could be worse then Ramsey, so maybe the title, the second worst CEO would have been more appropriate. My point is that there is a fundamental conflict of interest that is not disclosed to the general public in your articles. While you’ve disclosed these relationships in past blog entries, it seems that all of your stories that get linked seem to leave out the fact that you and Rogers disagreed with the direction of about.com. While I don’t think there is anything wrong with drawing on these experiences and publically reflecting on them, I do think that it’s irresponsible to write a hatchet job on the guy and never mention that you have an axe to grind.

The suit is against the founders of About.com and Primedia. Tom Rogers is neither a plaintiff nor a party to the suit, as you would know if you read the link you posted. My “hatchet job” was simply to quote from public articles and press releases documenting his miserable record. I had a chance to see his work up close and personal at About.com, but I don’t have a conflict of interest.

I’m curious. What’s your interest? Why are you so insistent on this issue? Do you own Primedia stock?

Tivo announced that they’ve hired Tom Rogers as its new CEO. With Tom Rogers track record at NBC and Primedia, it’s a good indication that Tivo will stay focused on building partnerships. Ed Bott isn’t too thrilled about it….