As most of you have heard by now Duncan Riley has written his last post on TechCrunch after being with the blog owned by Michael Arrington for almost a year to the day. Right now I’m listening to the podcast that Duncan did with Matt Craven that got posted today as well which is being billed as an exclusive interview.

While I am sure that much will be written whether it be from the Valleywag style to more staid bloggers I am more interested in who Michael will be looking to replace Duncan with - if he does. So with a little bit of wishful thinking these are the people that I could see being able to step into Duncan’s shoes

- Louis Gray - Louis has proven over the last year that he is a good solid blogger with a strong analytical look at things.

- Mathew Ingram - Mathew has some good journalistic background as being a journalist with The Globe & Mail which would be an advantage for TechCrunch

- Alexander van Elsas - while most won’t know him Alexander has an excellent blog and he also has an excellent technology background that could prove to be handy.

That’s my selection but at the same time I wish Duncan all the best in his new ventures whatever they may be.

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