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TechCrunch
	File:Techcrunch.png
Type of site	Web 2.0 Blog
Available in	English, French, Japanese
Headquarters	Bay Area, United States
Owner	TechCrunch
Created by	Michael Arrington
Revenue	US$200,000 monthly
URL	http://www.techcrunch.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	None

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TechCrunch is a blog company that profiles startup companies, products and websites. It was founded by Michael Arrington in 2005. The blog's first post was on June 11 2005.^[2]

The website's Technorati rank is 2,^[3] and is their 3rd most favorite blog.^[4] As of July 9 2009, it has over 3,337,000 RSS feed subscribers as measured by tracking company FeedBurner. On August 27 2008, TechCrunch rolled out a new website design.

TechCrunch Network

TechCrunch is now affiliated with several other websites, commonly referred to as the The TechCrunch Network. As of July 28 2008, these include:

CrunchNotes – An informal personal blog about Web 2.0 written by Michael Arrington.
TechCrunch France – Edited by Ouriel Ohayon and launched in February 2006. Features translations of posts from the main TechCrunch blog as well as original content.
TechCrunch Japan – 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 Meur on 13 December 2006^[5].; 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 Computing industry, edited by Greg Kumparak.
TalkCrunch – A podcast 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 companies, people, and investors.
CrunchBoard – A Web 2.0 job board
TechCrunch IT
InviteShare
Gillmor Gang
Elevator Pitches

Programs

TechCrunch sells image advertisements for US$12,000 per month with a minimum purchase of 2 months.^[6] The organization held a live event, the TechCrunch50, on September 8–10, 2008 in San Francisco, California.

TechCrunch also runs The Europas awards^[7] and is a founding host of The Crunchies.^[8]

Criticism

TechCrunch faces a high degree of public scrutiny, and TechCrunch employees have been periodically accused of various conflicts of interest. ^[9]^[10] One such example of this is Oliver Starr, the original editor of MobileCrunch. Starr was apparently fired by Arrington, allegedly for a conflict of interest arising from Starr's serving as Senior Mobile Analyst for "The Guidewire Group." Starr claims that the dispute arose instead from a payment dispute with Arrington over payments allegedly due Starr. On 15th July 2009, TechCrunch published excerpts from a confidential document which was reportedly hacked from a twitter employee's google doc account, and contained many sensitive reports which were meant for twitter internal consumption. TechCrunch later claimed that it has contacted twitter before publishing the document, which was later denied by twitter CEO Evan Williams.^[11]

References

External links

[1] Wired profile

[2] First post

[3] TechCrunch Page on Technorati

[4] Technorati Favorites

[5] CrunchNotes » Putting TechCrunch UK On Hold

[6] Advertise on TechCrunch

[7] The Europas

[8] The Crunchies

[9] ttp://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=300 Crunchnotes

[10] Be a sponsor and TechCrunch changes their tune :: Adam Kalsey

[11] We duly contacted twitter before publishing the hacked documents, claims TechCrunch :: Chicky Moves

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 *[[TechCrunch France]] – Edited by [[Ouriel Ohayon]] and launched in February 2006.  Features translations of posts from the main TechCrunch blog as well as original content.
 *TechCrunch [[Japan]] – Features translations of the American TechCrunch as well as original content.
-*TechCrunch UK – Original blog canceled following an online argument involving Arrington, TC UK editor Sam Sethi, and [[Loic Le Meur]] on [[13 December]] [[2006]]<ref>[http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=322 CrunchNotes » Putting TechCrunch UK On Hold<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.; focused on UK-based or UK-targeted Web 2.0 services. Relaunched in September 2007 with a new editor, [http://www.mbites.com Mike Butcher].
+*TechCrunch Europe – Original blog (then TechCrunch UK) canceled following an online argument involving Arrington, TC UK editor Sam Sethi, and [[Loic Le Meur]] on [[13 December]] [[2006]]<ref>[http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=322 CrunchNotes » Putting TechCrunch UK On Hold<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.; focused on European or Europe-targeted Web 2.0 services. Relaunched in September 2007 with a new editor, [http://www.mbites.com Mike Butcher].
 *[[MobileCrunch]] – A blog tracking the [[mobile electronics|Mobile]] [[Computing]] industry, edited by [[Greg Kumparak]].
 *[[TalkCrunch]] – A [[podcast]] about Web 2.0, featuring interviews with founders of assorted Web 2.0 companies, covering new product launches and the like.