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Since when did TechCrunch become a tabloid?
by aChrisSmith 16y ago
Since when did TechCrunch become a tabloid?
- davej 16y agoAbout 2007/2008 by my recollection.
- minimax 16y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=181821 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=181821 The subject of TC posts on HN has been a contentious issue for as long as HN has existed. I think there is still a pretty large contingent that thinks TechCrunch should have been banned just the same way Valleywag was.
- benologist 16y agoWhen they realized it sold more ads + took less time to write the pieces. Then AOL bought them and it became official!
- bigstorm 16y agowell said!
- zheng 16y agoWhen it began to read more like TMZ and less like Ars.
- natrius 16y agoCall it what you want, but not only is this article is very interesting if it's true, it's also very useful to know for anyone in the industry.