TechCrunch
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TechCrunch is a web publication that offers technology news and analysis, as well as profiling of startup companies, products, and websites. It was founded by Michael Arrington
in 2005, and was first published on June 11, 2005.
The website's Technorati
rank is 2, and is 1st in the Info/Tech category. As of February 11, 2010 it has over 4,563,000 RSS
feed subscribers as measured by tracking company FeedBurner
. On September 28, 2010, at its TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, AOL
announced that it would acquire TechCrunch for $25 million.
, on September 8–10, 2008 in San Francisco, California
and again on September 14–15, 2009; in 2010, the event was canceled. TechCrunch also runs The Europas awards and is a founding host of The Crunchies. Furthermore TechCrunch organises various one day events, ie. TechCrunch London and twice per year the TechCrunch Disrupt event.
in exchange for authoring a post about said startup. Furthermore, Arrington admitted that the intern had taken compensation for at least one post in the past. In response Arrington terminated the intern, and removed the intern's archived posts from the TechCrunch website. The 17-year-old intern in question, Daniel Brusilovsky, posted a statement on his blog shortly thereafter, admitting that "a line was crossed".
Following Arrington's statement, numerous criticisms arose questioning TechCrunch's handling of the incident. Tech gossip blog Valleywag
questioned Arrington's characterization of Brusilovsky as an "intern", when he had previously been described on the TechCrunch website as a "writer for TechCrunch, while also working on events, conferences and business development". This was confirmed by Brusilovsky who said in a radio transcript that he was a part time employee with TechCrunch business cards.
Michael Arrington
J. Michael Arrington is the founder and former co-editor of TechCrunch, a blog covering the Silicon Valley technology start-up communities and the wider technology field in USA and elsewhere...
in 2005, and was first published on June 11, 2005.
The website's Technorati
Technorati
Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs. By June 2008, Technorati was indexing 112.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media...
rank is 2, and is 1st in the Info/Tech category. As of February 11, 2010 it has over 4,563,000 RSS
RSS
-Mathematics:* Root-sum-square, the square root of the sum of the squares of the elements of a data set* Residual sum of squares in statistics-Technology:* RSS , "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary", a family of web feed formats...
feed subscribers as measured by tracking company FeedBurner
FeedBurner
FeedBurner is a web feed management provider launched in 2004. FeedBurner was founded by Dick Costolo, Eric Lunt, Steve Olechowski, and Matt Shobe. Costolo, a University of Michigan graduate, became CEO of Twitter in 2010...
. On September 28, 2010, at its TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, AOL
AOL
AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
announced that it would acquire TechCrunch for $25 million.
TechCrunch Network
TechCrunch is now affiliated with several other websites, commonly referred to as The TechCrunch Network. As of July 28, 2008, these include:- CrunchNotes – An informal personal blog about Web 2.0 written by Michael ArringtonMichael ArringtonJ. Michael Arrington is the founder and former co-editor of TechCrunch, a blog covering the Silicon Valley technology start-up communities and the wider technology field in USA and elsewhere...
. - TechCrunch France – Founded by Ouriel Ohayon in February 2006, who was Editor through 2009. Features translations of posts from the main TechCrunch blog as well as original content. The blog was then maintained by Alain Ezkenazi until it went inactive for several months as of summer 2009. It was relaunched in March 2010 by Roxanne Varza, who is currently the Editor, and Cedric Giorgi. The team has also been covering French content in English as part of TechCrunch Europe.
- TechCrunch JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
– Features translations of the American TechCrunch as well as original content. - TechCrunch Europe – Original blog (then TechCrunch UK) canceled following an online argument involving Arrington, TC UK editor Sam Sethi, and Loic Le MeurLoïc Le MeurLoïc Le Meur is a French rube entrepreneur and blogger. He served as Executive Vice President EMEA at software company Six Apart after merging French blogging company Ublog with Six Apart in July 2004...
on 13 December 2006.; focused on European or Europe-targeted Web 2.0 services. Relaunched in September 2007 with a new editor, Mike Butcher. - MobileCrunch – A blog tracking the Mobile ComputingComputingComputing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...
industry, edited by Greg KumparakGreg KumparakGreg Kumparak is the editor of MobileCrunch, a mobile technology blogging site within the TechCrunch network. He is also a regular contributor to other sites within the network, including CrunchGear and TechCrunch itself.-Career:...
. - TalkCrunch – A podcastPodcastA podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
about Web 2.0, featuring interviews with founders of assorted Web 2.0 companies, covering new product launches and the like. - CrunchGear – A blog covering gadgets and computer hardware, edited by John Biggs.
- CrunchBase – A wiki-style database of Web 2.0 people, investors, and companies that include lists of their key employees, funding and acquisition news, and other important events for these companies. It was launched in 2007.
- CrunchBoard – A Web 2.0 job board
- TechCrunch IT - Also known as TCIT, This blog features a range of Enterprise-related news and analysis including applications, open standards,cloud computing, social media, information management and software related subjects.
- TechCrunch TV
- InviteShare
- Gillmor GangGillmor GangThe Gillmor Gang is a podcast about information technology run by Steve Gillmor, a former contributing editor at ZDNet.-History:It was originally hosted on ITConversations.com. From May 2005 until November 2006, it was hosted by Podshow. The show then ended until being resurrected in November 2007...
- Elevator Pitches
Programs
The organization held a live event, the TechCrunch50TechCrunch50
TechCrunch50 was a conference held at the Design Center Concourse in San Francisco, California on September 14-15, 2009, hosted by TechCrunch and Jason Calacanis. Its aim was to find the best Web 2.0 start-ups and launch them in front of the industry's most influential venture capitalists,...
, on September 8–10, 2008 in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
and again on September 14–15, 2009; in 2010, the event was canceled. TechCrunch also runs The Europas awards and is a founding host of The Crunchies. Furthermore TechCrunch organises various one day events, ie. TechCrunch London and twice per year the TechCrunch Disrupt event.
Bribery scandal
In February 2010, Michael Arrington reported on TechCrunch that "one of [TechCrunch's] interns had asked for compensation in exchange for a blog post". Arrington also stated that the intern had specifically asked a startup for a MacBook AirMacBook Air
The MacBook Air family is a line of Apple ultraportable Macintosh notebook computers.The first-generation MacBook Air was a 13.3"-only model, previously promoted as the World's Thinnest Notebook, introduced at the Macworld Conference & Expo on January 15, 2008. It featured a custom Intel Merom CPU...
in exchange for authoring a post about said startup. Furthermore, Arrington admitted that the intern had taken compensation for at least one post in the past. In response Arrington terminated the intern, and removed the intern's archived posts from the TechCrunch website. The 17-year-old intern in question, Daniel Brusilovsky, posted a statement on his blog shortly thereafter, admitting that "a line was crossed".
Following Arrington's statement, numerous criticisms arose questioning TechCrunch's handling of the incident. Tech gossip blog Valleywag
Valleywag
Valleywag was a Gawker Media blog with gossip and news about Silicon Valley personalities. It was initially launched under the direction of editor Nick Douglas in February 2006. After Douglas was fired, the blog was taken over by Owen Thomas. Thomas himself left in May 2009, to be replaced by Ryan...
questioned Arrington's characterization of Brusilovsky as an "intern", when he had previously been described on the TechCrunch website as a "writer for TechCrunch, while also working on events, conferences and business development". This was confirmed by Brusilovsky who said in a radio transcript that he was a part time employee with TechCrunch business cards.
GeeknRolla
GeeknRolla or Geek'n'Rolla (abbreviated GKNR) is an annual one-day conference organized by TechCrunch Europe. Past events:- April 21, 2009, London
- April 20, 2010, London