Inc: The Way I Work: Michael Arrington of TechCrunch
Monday, 20 September 2010, 14:09
"Although TechCrunch has 25 full-time employees, [founder Michael Arrington], 40, still spends much of his time reporting and writing. On most days, he works remotely from his home near Seattle, in a cavelike home office. From morning until night, Arrington sits in darkness in front of his computer—blasting music, working his contacts, and focusing on what he loves best: breaking big stories."
Techcrunch: For TechCrunch, Twitter = Traffic (A Statistical Breakdown)
Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 06:56
"[The] percentage of traffic we get from Twitter has grown to the point that it is now our second largest source of outside traffic after Google. In the past 30 days, Twitter accounted for 9.7 percent of all traffic to Techcrunch.com, up from 1.8 percent six months ago."
ReadWriteWeb: Entrepreneurs: We Will Happily Respect Your Embargoes
Thursday, 18 December 2008, 07:36
"[TechCrunch's Michael] Arrington says that embargoes are broken too often, that PR people are too pushy and that the whole system is a wreck. We disagree. We think embargoes can be very useful for all parties."
TechCrunch: Death To The Embargo
Thursday, 18 December 2008, 07:11
"We’ve never broken an embargo at TechCrunch. Not once. Today that ends. From now our new policy is to break every embargo. … There will be exceptions. We will honor embargoes from trusted companies and PR firms who give us the news exclusively, so we know there won’t be any mistakes."
Monday, 28 April 2008, 09:26
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A recent TechCrunch post about Twitter is cited here as an example of what differentiates big-time blogging and journalism, and why advertisers will continue to be wary of blogs.
Saturday, 29 March 2008, 11:30
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“Our focus is not page views,” [Rafat] Ali said. “Our focus has been laserlike on the C-level executives in the industry. That’s why we get triple-digit CPMs. That’s nearly unheard of in the industry.”
Saturday, 15 March 2008, 12:26
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"What’s the most obvious sign that a traditional news brand is merely reproducing online what they do in print, instead of publishing in a way that makes sense for the web? They way news is organized on the homepage."
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 08:13
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"Ever since the NYTimes.com swept away the last remaining boulders of its subscription pay wall … in mid-September, its traffic has been going through the roof. According to comScore, it gained 7.5 million readers worldwide …"
Sunday, 21 October 2007, 21:36
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Techcrunch ‘brings in $240,000 per month in advertising — but Nick Denton says blog publishing companies are "still minuscule by the standards of traditional media. And none have weathered a downturn."
Tuesday, 17 July 2007, 15:33
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Bobbie Johnson: "Let’s be clear, the birth of blogging is hardly even an argument, let alone one worth that’s worth having. And reading Techcrunch is increasingly Just Not Worth It."
Sunday, 8 July 2007, 22:46
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Michael Parsons on Fred Vogelstein’s Wired profile of Michael Arrington: "good bloggers work like dogs. You can’t expect readers to show up unless you show up. And the internet never closes."
Sunday, 29 April 2007, 12:12
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"Companies are directing more efforts toward buttering up these New Media players, often feeding them exclusives that play well with their targeted audiences. And for marketers who are increasingly comfortable with spending money on blogs, advertising wit
Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 08:35
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TechCrunch UK is aiming for a June 1 re-launch, and Michael Arrington is looking for an editor. Words like "poisoned" and "chalice" spring to mind when thinking about that gig.
Saturday, 14 April 2007, 14:42
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Michael Arrington has been threatened with a libel suit, and offers the aggreved person an unedited response to his allegations. Shouldn’t he have offered an opportunity to respond *before* publishing his post?
