Ted Murphy is Not Evil
Although Michael Arrington described PayPerPost’s Ted Murphy has the “most evil person in the room” yesterday during his mesh keynote, he is, in fact, a really nice guy. I spent a good chunk of time last night talking to Murphy about PayPerPost’s origins, its business model (they pay bloggers to blog about products and services), and the flack he and the company have taken for tainting the blogosphere. While there are plenty of critics, Pay-Per-Post has resonated with advertisers. He said the company has 6,500 advertisers looking to reach out to bloggers looking to make a few more bucks than they get from AdSense. I’m not a fan of pay-to-play and it’s not something we would ever entertain at b5media but I don’t think it - or Murphy - are evil. Clearly, Murphy and the PayPerPost business model have struck a nerve within the blogosphere - much like Skype caused a lot of panic within the telecom market. (In the photo, Murphy’s the one getting some “love” from 1938media’s Loren Feldman)
June 1st, 2007 at 10:58 am
Ted is definitely not evil. I think there could be an interesting arguement made to support how Mike & Ted’s relationship is similar to Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie - healthy publicity rivalry anyone?