1938 Media’s distribution deal with Verizon, announced just a week ago, is history. Yesterday a group of “civil rights activists” protested the deal and threatened to boycott Verizon. The reason? A 2007 video that Feldman created called “TechNigga” that the groups say is racist. The video was not included on Verizon, and television reports that Verizon financed the video are incorrect. But Feldman confirmed to me that all 1938 Media videos were removed by Verizon ...

Thanks Loren! And I truly appreciate your support and ‘matter of fact’ delivery. Seriously. Kick ass. This means a lot. And congratulations on the C-NET gig! Have fun with it!

There’s a serious battle erupting in the blogosphere and people are taking sides but no thorough discussion has erupted over the ethical stance of 1938 Media & Techcrunch versus Shel Israel (and increasingly Robert Scoble). While on one hand I don’t want to rehash the whole story, I think given the circumstance and the names that are involved, it warrants some sort of brief discussion. Given that the blogosphere is about conversation, I’m surprised the ...