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This is a pretty weak post, and states the obvious. tldr; much of techcrunch coverage focuses on the larger heavyweight firms.

• PaulHoule 15y ago
  It's hard for a site like that to not focus on the heavyweight firms. I remember scanning Slashdot in 1999 and found that most of the links went to bigger sites; the story that some small site would get in Slashdot and get a huge amount of publicity was the exception, not the rule. TechCrunch wouldn't get the audience it gets if it wasn't focused on brands that people care about. If it was all about tiny obscure companies, TechCrunch would be a tiny obscure site.
  • retube 15y ago
    Oh I'm not critisizing TC. They got to do whatever pays the bills. It's just that we all know this, and really that article didn't add any insight.
  • redtwo 15y ago
    Techcrunch started as an obscure site, and grew thanks to obscure companies.
• ignifero 15y ago
  The odd thing is that much of its coverage is persistently about relatively unsuccessful startups like quora, path, foursquare, asana [watch out for the flood here], colo(u)r etc, many of which owe a large part of their audience to their continued coverage. One rarely reads critical or skeptical articles on techcrunch. Lately, i 've turned to like bloomberg West instead for my SV briefing.