Erick Schonfeld, an editor at the old Business 2.0 site and a senior Fortune editor, Wednesday becomes co-editor of TechCrunch. Will it be a clash of titans as Schonfeld shares editing duties with startup guru Michael Arrington? Schonfeld told the New York Times he agrees with Arrington about half the time. The one saving grace: the two will work from opposite coasts with Schonfeld in Brooklyn and Arrington in California.
Why does TechCrunch need a co-editor? Here’s what Arrington said Schonfeld brings to the Crunch:
What impresses me most about Erick is that he comes from a traditional big media background but has embraced new media so completely. Next Net is one of a handful of blogs that I read religiously, and his expertise in video is much needed around here, where we are behind the curve.
Schonfeld said there will always be a place for traditional media, but told the New York Observer his jump to online journalism was inevitable:
“If I didn’t make this move now, I’d be doing it with hundreds of others in five years,” he said.
Om Malik, tech blogger par excellence, bid former colleague Schonfeld good luck.
Sure, the blog collective will mature, but it will become even more enmeshed in the media collective. Erick, you made the right move. Welcome to the mad house… its fun!
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