Rob Curley and his team are leaving The Washington Post.
Not good news.
Something must be wrong here.
You cannot be hired by the Post, be presented as the visionary guy that is going to lead us to the multimedia future and now … leave for the Las Vegas Sun.
Yes, the Las Vegas Sun!
So, I see two problems here:
First: The Washington Post, if they aren’t able to follow the directions and the speed of change requested by visionaries like Rob, the vice president for product development at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive.
Second: Rob Curley, if he has not been able to move the mono-media elephant.
Rob, for sure, has done a great job with projects like LoudounExtra and perhaps he wants a more local, local, local newspaper even though The Washington Post is quite local, local, local, too.
LoudounExtra is a Washington Post-created hyperlocal, hyper-interactive site for Loudoun County, Va., one of the fastest-growing and wealthiest counties in the U.S.
He also promoted the fantastic OnBeing project.
Read his very polite explanation for the move here.
The real explanation will surface very soon, though.
I will tell you more in a few hours.
Right now: bad news.
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