I thought I should at least say something about the current happenings in the LA Blog World.

LAist’s ex Editor, Tony Pierce, is moving from LAist, to the LATimes.com to begin running their blogs.

Blogging.la posted a story by Dave Markland about Tony Pierce leaving the LAist, which received comments that started a debate about Tony Pierce and Laist.com

Here is some of the exchange between Dave and Tony…

Dave Markland (Dec 1st 1:39pm) of blogging.la

Well, I have more on Tony in an upcoming interview, but I think if you stripped away all the non-LA coverage and celebrity gossip, I wonder where the number of LAists hits would be and where it would be on Technorati. Which isn’t to say those aren’t respectable numbers, but I don’t believe LAist was able to climb the charts by having better LA coverage.

That said, LAist’s local coverage has been getting better and better, on some days being fucking brilliant.

But to say Tony did nothing for LAist is an empty claim.

Whether or not how he handles people who disagree with him or his authors, thats a valid point of argument that I’m sure he’d love to argue with anyone.

Tony: December 1, 2007 02:47 PM

Markland you are lying and you know it. So delete the lies or back them up with your sources.

I haven’t been here in a while, I expected some of the anonymous haters, but the blatant lies when the source is right here to correct you - if only you would ask - is new to me at this URL.

This is a weekend that should be a celebration for the LA blogosphere and bloggers everywhere. I can understand your jealousy. But to refuse to correct a blatant lie is worse than all the bitching that the kids here have said about me.

I am a prick, I delete .01% of our comments, true. Guilty. But I don’t lie in comments or on LAist. and I correct mistakes when theyre brought to my attention.

If you want to lie, tell Sean to put a disclaimer on this shit.

Tony appears to polarize opinion, but it is without question that in the 17 months that he has been editing LAist.com its growth has been impressive. Since this post, blogging.la have followed it up with an interview with Tony Pierce which is worth reading.

You can read the post with all the comments here: Tony Pierce leaves LAist.com

The follow up interview here: Blogging.La interviews Tony Pierce

Sources: Laist.com | blogging.la.com | Latimes.com blogs

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