TechCrunch




 * ABOUT**

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TechCrunch, founded June 11, 2005 by Michael Arrington, is a blog dedicated to bringing the latest Internet news to technology consumers. The blog includes everything from Internet startup news to the latest YouTube videos.=====

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Since it’s creation, TechCrunch has developed into an array of sites focused on technology news and innovation. The network consists of the original TechCrunch blog, CrunchBase, CrunchGear, MobileCrunch, TechCrunchIT, TechCrunch Europe, TechCrunch France, TechCrunch Japan, GillmorGang, and Elevator Pitches. Each individual site has a specialized team of writers dedicated to the specific subject.=====


 * SITE TRAFFIC**

Ranked 367 in total number of page views by [|Alexa.com]. There are currently 38,002 sites that link to TechCrunch.com.

Based on internet averages, TechCrunch.com is visited more frequently by males who are in the age range **25-34**, have **no children**, are **graduate school** educated and browse this site from **work**. (1)

Top searches that link to TechCrunch.com include: nexus one, youtube, google phone, and best iphone apps.


 * OTHER MEDIUMS**

TechCrunch.com own a Twitter account with over 1,300,000 to supplement daily posts to the blog posts.

The TechCrunch50 is a conference hosted by TechCrunch.com annually to give 52 finalists the opportunity to present their ideas, services and products on-stage in front of an accredited audience and a panel of experts, who commented on the presentations immediately after they were held. (5)

One idea or program is chosen awarded the TechCrunch50 winner by judges from companies partners Sequoia Capital, Google, AOL, Yahoo, and Microsoft. (6)


 * BRIBERY SCANDAL**

In February 2010, 16-year old start-up CEO and TechCrunch intern, Daniel Brusilovsky, asked for a MacBook Air in exchange for a blog post. ([|2]). Once this request was discovered by Michael Arrington, Brusilovsky was fired from his position and a post was made about the incident on TechCrunch's Web site. Arrington admitted Brusilovsky had previously requested items for posts in the past. ([|3])

In response, Brusilovsky admitted to wrong doing in a post to his blog citing that "a line was crossed" ([|4]). Any mention of Brusilovsky, besides the post from Arrington has been removed from the site.


 * MICHAEL ARRINGTON, FOUNDER**

Born in Huntington Beach, California, Michael Arrington graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1992 (BA in Economics) and Stanford Law School in 1995 (JD). He practiced at two law firms (O'Melveny and Myers and WIlson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati) representing clients such as Idealab, Netscape, Pixar and Apple.

He stopped practicing law in 1999 to join RealNames where he earned the title Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel. He cofounded Achex in 2000 which specialized in online payments and was eventually sold to First Data Corp in 2001 for $32 million. Western Union now utilizes Achex for their infrastructure.

Arrington was named as one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" in May 2008.

Arrington also has invested in companies such as Seesmic, DanceJam , Omnidrive and Dogster.

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