Is it not possible he thought he was leaving it in good hands while he moved on to new things?

He is allegedly one of the most savvy people in the tech industry, the idea that selling his company to AOL had completely unpredictable results is, frankly, patently ridiculous.

He left a good team behind him and was given reassurances, etc. It can't be entirely bad (at least not for him) since he's been able to go back.

That's funny, I thought he traded ownership for $25 million. Isn't it AOL and not Arrington who benefits from the relationship with Tapjoy? (...and I'm not sure TC ever had any dignity)

Fine, correction: he traded away control over the dignity of techcrunch...

I'm surprised that they still publish what he writes on TechCrunch. It's an odd relationship.

As long as he avoids going on an all out jihad then it just creates low-level drama which merely increases traffic, which is what they want. Techcrunch is a tabloid.

Yeah, can anyone explain why this prick is still writing on TechCrunch? Wasn't he booted out at some point?

Arrington and MG Siegler returned in October.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/23/getting-the-band-back-toget...

I found that somewhat interesting since as far as I know Michael hasn't given up being an investor.