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How will TechCrunch look different in coming years?
Video is becoming more and more and important to us. We have dabbled in video but haven't really launched our big strategy, and that's coming later this year. Text will always be an important part of what we do, though. We want to cover basically all areas of the news where technology plays a part. The way to do that is through multiple properties that serve niche audiences -- green tech, bio tech, gadgets, automobile tech, mobile. There are probably 20 categories. We'll have sort of a master property that rolls up the most interesting parts into one big tech newspaper.
Sometimes you remind me of a 19th century newspaperman, back when voices were more idiosyncratic, partisan, and on the frontier -- in your case it's technology. You staked your claim in a boomtown.
I attribute 99 percent of my success to finding a parade and getting in front of it.
So if you had done a dog blog you wouldn't have made Time's top 100 list?
It probably wouldn't be as popular. But you know what? I'd be happy with dogs. I like dogs, but I don't think I could write 2,500 words a day about dogs. I tell people to be successful in blogging, they need to write about what they love, not what they think is going to be successful. If it's knitting, then it's knitting.
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Recent Comments | 7 Total
May 18, 2008 at 12:02pm by
When Jimmy Wales launched his Openserving.com project, Arrington was quick to trumpet this news. When Openserving went south and was shut down, Arrington was silent. Why is that?
May 20, 2008 at 12:40am by Richard Lipscombe
Michael Arrington has made his mark with Web 2.0 but will he translate well into Web 3.0 .... History records that very few of those famous "silent screen movie" stars made the transition to talking pictures.... Michael refers to his move into videos - this will be a real test for him and his crew... I wish him well with his transition .... However in the flat world of the internet yesterday's star is often today's forgotten name... Social networks are fickle, they are immature entities, they are still developing their likes and dislikes, etc.... Is Michael Arrington a "rusted on" icon of this new medium? I guess by this time in 2009 we will all pretty well know the answer...
May 21, 2008 at 12:59am by barry hurd
I just wrote a like-minded article about the Wall Street Journal's most influential business thinkers... and I really had to question what qualifies someone. Oddly enough, Michael Arrington was not on the Top 100 list because the WSJ used bad math (IMHO)
September 28, 2009 at 8:35am by Alex Haffey
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October 18, 2009 at 12:24pm by ruengsook pompak
When Jimmy Wales launched his Openserving.com project, Arrington was quick to trumpet this news. When Openserving went south and was shut down,
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October 26, 2009 at 5:24am by Somchai Yhai
Kermit,
Thank for great interview.
Michael Arrington answer all questions clearly.
Somchai Yhai
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