| URL | TechCrunch.com |
|---|---|
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Technology news and analysis |
| Registration | None |
| Available language(s) | English, French, Japanese |
| Owner | AOL |
| Created by | Michael Arrington |
| Launched | June 11, 2005 |
| Alexa rank | 277 (January 2012[update])[1] |
| Revenue | US$2.4 million (2007 est.)[2] |
| Current status | Active |
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.[3]
The website's Technorati rank is 2,[4] and is 1st in the Info/Tech category.[5] 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 [6] for $25 million. [7]
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TechCrunch is now affiliated with several other websites, commonly referred to as The TechCrunch Network. As of July 28, 2008, these include:
The organization held a live event, the TechCrunch50, on September 8–10, 2008 in San Francisco, California and again on September 14–15, 2009; in 2010, the event was canceled.[11] TechCrunch also runs The Europas awards[12] and is a founding host of The Crunchies.[13] Furthermore TechCrunch organises various one day events, ie. TechCrunch London and twice per year the TechCrunch Disrupt event.
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 Air 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".[14]
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",[15] when he had previously been described on the TechCrunch website as a "writer for TechCrunch, while also working on events, conferences and business development".[16] This was confirmed by Brusilovsky who said in a radio transcript that he was a part time employee with TechCrunch business cards.[17]
GeeknRolla or Geek'n'Rolla (abbreviated GKNR) is an annual one-day conference organized by TechCrunch Europe. Past events:
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