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Jeremiah Owyang strategizes his way out of PodTech

By Megan McCarthy, 7:33 PM on Mon Aug 27 2007, 754 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Self-described "Web strategist" Jeremiah Owyang, the director of corporate media strategy at beleaguered video site PodTech announced on his blog that he is leaving the troubled startup to become an analyst at Forrester Research. At last, a real company. Congratulations, Jeremiah! So, who's next to escape from PodTech? Should we start the countdown to job-seeking value-adding videoblogger Robert Scoble's departure?

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