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"TechCrunch used its influence to gain a virtual chokehold on news about new startups from Y Combinator" Hardly. The reason most of the startups announce on T
by pg 15y ago
"TechCrunch used its influence to gain a virtual chokehold on news about new startups from Y Combinator"
Hardly. The reason most of the startups announce on TechCrunch is simply that arranging a launch in multiple publications is a huge time sink. So we advise they pick one and give them an exclusive. Most pick TechCrunch.
- budu3 15y agoPG don't you think granting TechCrunch exclusive rights to all YC launches is a bit unfair to the other publications? Why don't you let the founders decide which publication they want to talk to regarding their launch? I'm sure you have a broad range of personalities within YC and some founders might not have been comfortable with Arrington's style.
- oldstrangers 15y ago"Why don't you let the founders decide which publication they want to talk to regarding their launch?" ... "So we advise they pick one and give them an exclusive. Most pick TechCrunch." You must not like reading.