The number of journalists spreading their wings to run their own Web start-ups continues to expand with news that SiliconBeat's Matt Marshall is leaving to start VentureBeat, which will focus on private companies and their investors. Matt joins journalists such as Om Malik, who have made the jump after enjoying considerable blogging success. Maybe this is another sign blogging can become a legitimate business opportunity for some people. Or perhaps it's a sign of renewed (ir)rational exurberance in Silicon Valley that has given folks the entrepreneurial bug again – a phenomena that popped up during the dot-com boom as well.
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