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title: Brian Shih on Google Reader
date: 2013-03-14T12:14:54+00:00
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# Brian Shih on Google Reader

> Reader has been fighting for approval/survival at Google since long before I was a PM for the product. I’m pretty sure Reader was threatened with de-staffing at least three times before it actually happened.

via [Brian Shih, Former Google Reader Product Manager](https://www.quora.com/Google-Reader-Shut-Down-March-2013/Why-is-Google-killing-Google-Reader).