dfc, you need to understand that there are back room deals occurring, specifically, there are exclusivity agreements with techcrunch enabling them to "break" th

dfc, you need to understand that there are back room deals occurring, specifically, there are exclusivity agreements with techcrunch enabling them to "break" the news of the new startup announcements. An existing/known startup has to be particularly special to get reannounced on techcrunch. It does happen, but it's fairly rare. Additionally, Mike Arrington is an angel investor, and does invest in YC companies. If you didn't know, he recently sold techcrunch but still runs it. Breaking the news is good for techcrunch, hence the reason why they want exclusive coverage on announcements of new startups. The news coverage is obviously beneficial to the startups, so it's a win-win situation. Having Arrington as an investor or potential investor in some of the startups being covered on techcrunch is, of course, another mutual benefit (though it's not always disclosed). Posting articles from techcrunch onto HN often results in a whole bunch of karma points on HN, so those desperate for HN points will regularly post anything new they find on techcrunch. There have even been bots made to post techcrunch articles to HN to harvest the karma. It sucks, but such is life. If a startup founder knows about techcrunch covering their company, they might have advanced knowledge of when the techcrunch story will be released to the public (this is speculation, but reasonable speculation). There is nothing wrong with the founder posting the link here to HN. You need to remember that HN is the playground of YC and the YC funded founders. HN helps and entertains everyone, but it helps and entertains the YC folks a bit more.