AOL acquires Techcrunch - Techcrunch goes to shit

[Scattered]

According to ComScore, TechCrunch traffic is down 13.1% year-over-year – from 4.8 million monthly unique visitors to 4 million.*
Even those poor numbers are perhaps not an accurate reflection of the site's decline in readership.
In March 2012, TechCrunch traffic was down to 3 million uniques – a 34% decline in 12 months

TECHCRUNCH DISRUPTED: AOL's $30 Million Startup Blog Is Tanking - Business Insider

Keeping it real, for momchil9

 

[momchil9]

welcome to two years ago.

 

[Scattered]

welcome to two years ago.

 

[momchil9]

lol, you are one funny dude.

 

[ChickenFucker]

and who said the midas touch doesn't exist?


in reverse

 

[Gambit]

Michael Arrington was pretty smart with this move. He took a huge offer from AOL and cashed out. He was let go, but almost all of the writers were on his side. Pretty much all of the most talented TechCrunch writers have left or resigned, leaving the company essentially only with the brand.

Expect Arrington to get everyone back together soon to start another tech news blog.


Perfect example of why AOL is dumb and sucks.

 

[Scattered]

Gambit, why did you have to go and add a useful comment to one of my threads?

 

[Jeeta]

Don't read it now they change it over for that shitty design, fucking faggots wracked a good blog.

 

[Gambit]

Whoops.

Ignore it!

 

[Gooddeal]

Expect Arrington to get everyone back together soon to start another tech news blog.

Already on it bro. Uncrunched

 

[suave]

the fact that AOL is still in business is the 8th wonder of the world

 

[Ben89]

http://qkme.me/3ph74z

 

[Gambit]

Already on it bro. Uncrunched

Ya I know about uncrunched. That is just him tho if I remember correctly.


I think his new company will have a different name

 

[r3p1v]

Arrington is doing venture capital now, he has a fund called the Crunch Fund. I kind of doubt he is going to start a new blog besides uncrunched. AOL invested 200 million or something like that in his fund.

AOL now considers themselves as a content company. The fact that they own Techcrunch, HuffingtonPost, and the recent story about the entrepreneur that was staying in their offices is really good press and makes them "cool" again.

Also, it looks like Mashable.com is doing extremely well.

 

[mituozo]

Michael Arrington was pretty smart with this move. He took a huge offer from AOL and cashed out. He was let go, but almost all of the writers were on his side. Pretty much all of the most talented TechCrunch writers have left or resigned, leaving the company essentially only with the brand.

Expect Arrington to get everyone back together soon to start another tech news blog.


Perfect example of why AOL is dumb and sucks.

Why would he start another tech blog when he's got enough contacts from it and experience in start-ups to be a successful VC, making many folds more than TC ever could or would?

If he starts anything else it'll be bigger and better.

A true entrepreneur is always looking for something bigger & better than what they did before. You don't go back and do the same thing again.

 

[Gambit]

Why would he start another tech blog when he's got enough contacts from it and experience in start-ups to be a successful VC, making many folds more than TC ever could or would?

If he starts anything else it'll be bigger and better.

A true entrepreneur is always looking for something bigger & better than what they did before. You don't go back and do the same thing again.

Yeah good point. But if he doesn't start up another tech blog then i don't understand why writers like MG Seigler and others left. I figured it was all to form a new blog. I guess well find out.