I stopped reading The Verge when the editorial shift happened as well. The Verge was an interesting experiment. What happens when core employees leave the big company and start their own?
>"..."The AOL Way", a 58-page long company plan to grow AOL into a media empire. Some employees suggested that AOL was sacrificing journalism for page views"
At first, they stuck to their core tech/gadget proficiencies and continued with what worked at Engadget. But as they moved further away from 'This is my next' to 'The Verge', they shifted the editorial focus and began sacrificing journalism for the promotion of 'progressive idealism' rather than 'page views' - and the result is much the same.
>"..."The AOL Way", a 58-page long company plan to grow AOL into a media empire. Some employees suggested that AOL was sacrificing journalism for page views"
At first, they stuck to their core tech/gadget proficiencies and continued with what worked at Engadget. But as they moved further away from 'This is my next' to 'The Verge', they shifted the editorial focus and began sacrificing journalism for the promotion of 'progressive idealism' rather than 'page views' - and the result is much the same.