DWS Extra

Cutts did not say that in those words, of course.
He talked to Tedster at PubCon first, then Tedster posted about it in WebmasterWorld, then Tedster posted a clarification. Here’s the latest I have found there:
This change will NOT mean that it’s 100% impossible to rank subdomain urls in addition to urls from the main domain. [...]

When Google reduced the PageRank of several blogs and sites which had participated in pay per review programs, bloggers whipped up a storm.
It was unfair, and a solid hit on the revenue opportunities for the upcoming blogger and all that.
All that is true. Some of us were bored, some were outraged, and many went campaigning [...]