In his announcement Frank Taylor cites changes to the Google Earth product and changes in Google's corporate communication policies as some of his reasons for discontinuing the daily updates on The Google Earth Blog. Specifically, Frank mentions that the direction in which Google is taking Google Earth is decidedly web-based but at the cost of removing many of the most powerful features of Google Earth.
I enjoyed The Google Earth Blog and I will miss the daily updates. Good luck to Frank, Tim, and Mickey with the next ventures in their lives.
