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Re: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch

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Post by aonic » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:47 PM UTC

http://corp.aol.com/2010/09/28/aol-to-acquire-techcrunch-net...

Re: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch

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Post by carlos » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:47 PM UTC

will Mike move out from Seattle now?

Re: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch

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Post by maguay » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:48 PM UTC

So who's going to be the next TechCrunch now that they've been bought out? For that matter, seems like this leaves GigaOm as one of the largest independent blogs right now...

Re: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch

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Post by kloncks » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:48 PM UTC

This is epic. For all the crap we give AOL, they really did a nice job with the Weblogs acquisition. A lot of those blogs are still around and the leaders in the field.

I wonder a) what's happening to the amazing conferences b) and where Mike's future will be like.

Re: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch

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Post by ck2 » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:50 PM UTC

The only problem is AOL has driven every acquisition into the ground:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_AOL

But still, congrats to the TechCrunch bunch.

Re: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch

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Post by edw519 » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:51 PM UTC

"You've Got Capital Gains"

Re: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch

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Post by bhiggins » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:51 PM UTC

bond wrote: post #10

So we were right to suspect the move to Seattle was tax based...

Fellow Washingtonians, let's consider passing I-1098 especially in this light: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/426758_fair16.html

Re: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch

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Post by kevinholesh » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:51 PM UTC

Though I disagree with Arrington quite often, congratulations on the acquisition. He worked his ass off to build TechCrunch to where it is today.

Re: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch

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Post by NHQ » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:52 PM UTC

We interrupt this disrupt to join AOL's "audience-relavent" department.

Re: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch

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Post by robryan » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:53 PM UTC

It's interesting that with AOL trying to assemble a collection of new media websites/blogs they probably would have been better off spinning off another company that doesn't have such a bad reputation in media.