Tom Merritt is every bit the professional broadcaster Leo Laporte is, but without the associated">http://phoneboy.info/podcasts-i-dont-love-from-people-i-dont-trust">associated personal douchebaggery. Meanwhile, Tom">http://frogpants.com/2013/12/tom-merritt-and-scott-johnson-launching-a-new-show/">Tom will be doing a show with Scott Johnson starting in January and likely some other stuff as yet announced.I've known Tom Merritt for more than a decade - since the grand old days at TechTV. He's a trusted colleague and I consider him a dear friend. When Tom moved to LA last year we agreed to try having him anchor his shows from Southern California via Skype. We've been mostly happy with the result, but I've always felt that TWiT had lost something by not having Tom's leadership in the studio with us.
After some soul searching, I've decided that we do need an in-studio anchor for Tech News Today, and a News Director who can help us build the kind of organization you can count on for authoritative tech news and information.
So it's with a heavy heart that I'm announcing that we're not going to renew Tom's contract as host of TNT. His last show will be at the end of the month.
On the plus side, it'll be possible for me to listen to Tom Merritt do daily tech news again. That idea has some merit.