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[David Smooke](http://hackernoon.com/@davidsmooke), CEO and Founder of Hackernoon here. Been a hectic week, a lot of misinformation floating around, but I took the time to sit down with [Trent Lapinski](http://hackernoon.com/@trentlapinski) and talk out why we’re leaving Medium.

#### [Watch this episode!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy4Lduu9CKg) Or listen on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hacker-noon-podcast/id1436233955?mt=2#episodeGuid=hackernoon.podbean.com%2Fwhy-is-hackernooncom-leaving%25c2%25a0medium-17186b27f032bd3cd8dd7e2d534d8e2c), [Google Play](https://play.google.com/music/m/Dtae7ck4fdsfwrpy5hjy64l6rsq?t=Why_is_Hackernooncom_leavingMedium-Hacker_Noon_Podcast) or wherever you [get your podcasts](https://podcast.hackernoon.com/).

For any questions about this, I’m available at [DavidSmooke@Hackernoon.com](mailto:davidsmooke@hackernoon.com).

Back to the Internet!

**P.S.** Related Tweets: [Initialized Capital’s Garry Tan](https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1105311939066884096), [Hacker Noon Statement](https://twitter.com/hackernoon/status/1105290961100259328), [David Smooke Statement](https://twitter.com/DavidSmooke/status/1105520864043261953), [TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington](https://twitter.com/arrington/status/1105530079155613696), [Tech Journalist Owen](https://twitter.com/ow/status/1105462220517969920), [Updated Terms](https://twitter.com/hackernoon/status/1106261550455676928) [Medium Email & Suggested Titles of This Story](https://twitter.com/christhekeele/status/1105278973548748800), [Ev Williams & Transition Proposal](https://twitter.com/DavidSmooke/status/1105522805968257024), & [Thanks Contributors!](https://twitter.com/Bosefina/status/1106173795335892995)

**P.P.S.** [Watch this episode!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy4Lduu9CKg) Or listen on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hacker-noon-podcast/id1436233955?mt=2#episodeGuid=hackernoon.podbean.com%2Fwhy-is-hackernooncom-leaving%25c2%25a0medium-17186b27f032bd3cd8dd7e2d534d8e2c), [Google Play](https://play.google.com/music/m/Dtae7ck4fdsfwrpy5hjy64l6rsq?t=Why_is_Hackernooncom_leavingMedium-Hacker_Noon_Podcast) or wherever you [get your podcasts](https://podcast.hackernoon.com/).

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