10/28/2005 11:18

Earlier this year, Marqui was interviewed by Forbes writer Dan Lyons. He said he was working on an article about blogs and business and wanted more details on Marqui's PayBloggers program.

As you can imagine, we were thrilled at the opportunity to talk with Forbes and eager to see what angle he would take since so many publications (e.g, Business Week) had already covered this topic.

Okay, now imagine our horror this morning when we saw that a large chunk of Dan's article comes off as extremely anti-blogging. Not surprising, the piece has already caused a great deal of (justifiable) outrage in the blogosphere and many well known bloggers have already posted responses. So far, I like Dan Gillmor's response the best.

I'm really not sure why Dan Lyons decided to take this particular angle but if he was looking to stir things up, he has certainly achieved his goal. For Marqui's part, I'd like to make it VERY clear that we do not agree with the overall tone of the article, nor do we endorse ideas such as "bashing" or "discrediting" bloggers.

Based on all of my conversations with him, I think Dan Lyons is an extremely sharp guy. And I still believe Forbes is a great magazine...but what on earth were they thinking with this article?!

Posted by at October 28, 2005 11:18 AM

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