i have no doubt that Mashable is probably on the edge of getting acquired by CNN. This is something i anticipated a few months ago and CNN need page views (more than quality readers)
But i feel struck by the fact, so many publications are not even more critical about the valuation. There is no way on earth Mashable is worth 200m$. God Damn it this is a blog! A. BLOG.
Come on guys. Wake up. Be at least funny about it
The blogosphere is loosing it lately. Too much "copy paste" is going on. Press Releases or Press Agencies are becoming the meat of blog post instead of being the "entry"
I remember a time, bloggers were critical, cynical, analytical. Down to business
Where is this time?
update: like i said, stop reporting BS [although denying is typical in an M&A process, just to raise the big]. Noticing this is probably the first post on Techcrunch about mashable...