Biz reporter to leave Mercury News

After 20 years in newspapers and magazines, business reporter Dean Takahashi announced he's leaving the San Jose Mercury News for a job at VentureBeat, a blogging Web site created by a former Mercury News staffer.
In his last column as a newspaper writer, Takahashi says he's looking forward to the challenges and excitement of joining a start-up company.
And he says he can't wait to focus even more on blogging.

"Even as I wrote for the newspaper, I had more fun writing thousands of blog posts where the readers could offer their immediate feedback. That close back-and-forth communication was addictive and I thank the readers who came back to talk over and over. Now blogging will be my full-time work. I wish my colleagues at the newspaper great success. They have a tough challenge in crossing the bridge from the newspaper age to the digital age. Journalism is changing and we don't know where it will settle."