That's basically where I'm at. The only place I differ is that I think the reason they changed from "it won't be a problem" to "remove these" is because I think they somehow, someway thought the continued involvement of Bambosh would, at the very least, de-emphasize the attention Gio (and by extension of their logic, his articles) was getting, either because they didn't know exactly what Gio and Bam's state of ownership was like at first, or because they thought the partnership would bring him closer to their sympathies in general.

But yes, if they had just come right out the gate and said "we'll work together if Gio deletes the dirty laundry", that would at least have been honest, regardless of the validity of anything in those blogposts. I still think it's wrong to have that stipulation because some amount of stuff in those posts is probably true and therefore should be public knowledge (and I therefore assume Gio wouldn't have agreed anyway), but it's at least understandable for a company trying to protect its reputation. It would also have spared Bambosh, whom seems to be the one person everyone agrees was victimized, even if I think Miles is downplaying the problem.