This jibes with what we've been hearing about their budget issues. Writers for the site have been forced to accept near Internet slave wages for their work and we've heard many second-hand complaints as well as seen some of their staff also part ways with the site. The rumor is that it's a lack of editorial budget and respect from the current company's owner that led to his departure but we know nothing for sure yet other than the new owners plan on distributing his paycheck to the writers. [Autoblog]

Uh oh. Maybe Robert Farago's talk of ominous black helicopters and wet-work by major automakers' Delta forces isn't far off. A day after the divisive auto writer (full disclosure: and Jalopnik columnist) published the e-mail address of a BMW staffer on his site, The Truth About Cars — a response to his being denied access to the company's press fleet — the site's Internet provider received a denial of service attack. As such, the Truth has been down since late yesterday, and remains so currently. "We are still trying to identify the source of the attack," Farago said, "And we'll restore normal service as soon as possible, whatever that means." As for us, we'll be spending the day inside, scanning the street for armored 7-Series sedans that may be preparing to swarm.

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