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Yahoo is selling TechCrunch to private equity firm Regent
- stosssik 2y agoI doubt this is a “new era” for TC. At this point, it’s more of a brand than an impactful media outlet. Maybe Regent will just squeeze out whatever SEO juice is left.
- cheeseface 2y agoFunny how the overly positive writing style makes it feel like there’s something fishy happening and that they’re trying to give it a positive spin.
- kristianc 2y agoI think for your own employees at the very least when you are acquired by a PE house, your thoughts are going to go to your job security.
- saagarjha 2y agoThis is so bad I thought it was an intentional attempt at satire.
- jaytyagi 2y agoWritten by ChatGPT, obvious markers. Edit: imo, just another owner, a yawn for most employees/contractors. Part of the reason for the spin, combined with the need to placate the new owner.
- x-complexity 2y ago....Overall neutral. The closest similarity I could see based from Regent's past is Sunset magazine, which still seems to be doing well & printing physical issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_(magazine)#Sale_to_Regent_and_investor_Michael_Reinstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_(magazine)#Sale_to_Rege... *EDIT: And before anyone pushes out a narrative: The financial troubles that the magazine faced happened well before Regent's appearance, and their acquisition has kept the magazine alive up until now.
- Oras 2y agoI remember getting approached by an investor after TechCrunch mentioned my idea in TechDisrupt hackathon. Is TechCrunch still as hyped as it was 10 years ago? I’m genuinely interested to know what others think.
- ageitgey 2y agoNah, it has nothing like the influence it had 10-15 years ago (at least in my opinion as a start-up founder and old guy). VCs still seem to track CrunchBase, but that is a separate company.
- abcd_f 2y agoWhat's Michael Arrington up to these days? TC was so completely op 20 years ago, it was ridiculous. Had a tiny startup back then, not even in the US and all of a sudden started getting calls from VCs, including Bessemer and alike. Turns out there was a 3-line mention on the TC. He just asked if anyone heard of us ... lol. Good times.
- tushar-r 2y agoWas just wondering the same after seeing the headline!
- timeon 2y agoFor the context: > In March 2025, Regent acquired Foundry, the owner of technology publications such as PC World, Macworld, and InfoWorld, from International Data Group and acquired TechCrunch from Yahoo!. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent_LP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent_LP
- frakrx 2y agoNew era for TechCrunch with expert journalists — article writen by ChatGPT.
- bergen 2y agoMore big money swooping up journalism, what could go wrong.
- Gigachad 2y agoTwo irrelevant companies
- nntwozz 2y agofinance.yahoo.com is still good for live stock tracking but it's also slowly suffering from enshittification
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- ChocolateGod 2y agoI stopped reading Techcrunch when they added an extremely hostile cookie banner, surprised they're still going.
- i386 2y agoLOL
- braza 2y agoThe change of tone in Tech Crunch over the last 5 years was something that I feel personally sad about. I was a long-time reader, and being in a peripheral place where we looked up to the American companies, TC sounded very optimistic with their coverage, bringing success stories, talking with founders, and most importantly, being on this industry radar, at least from the standpoint of a more journalistic and general audience level. During the latest years, TC became a bit bitter around the industry and forgot the sea of small companies and scale-ups, and started to be more political and critical, and the least being a good thing in a certain way, probably does not have the ideological muscle to do it like the more mainstream media. In other words, if I want to check some critique, I would go to some independent and ideological shop and get the straight point, then some sugar-coated criticism.
- janice1999 2y ago> During the latest years, TC became a bit bitter around the industry If that's true, it accurately reflects what I see as societies changing attitudes to the industry, driven the enshiffication of tech, privacy scandals, degrading of work conditions and political actions by certain tech leaders.
- braza 2y agoMaybe I come from a different perspective. In my case, the technology industry was a gigantic enabler for societal mobility, social ascention, education, and a way to connect to my community, where technology is important for their economic ascent as well. Of course I am not trying to rationalize their side that is harmful for several societies, but at least for me, TC used to be the place where I could find companies doing something useful for a couple of people. PersonallyI would pay a service like TC circa 2014-2017 that is a directory of start-ups/scale-ups and bring some great digest about the industry in a more nuanced view in terms of capabilities and new companies.
- robertlagrant 2y ago> driven the enshiffication of tech This phrase is a good example of it, as though every bad business decision were somehow part of an inevitable war. Some companies make good decisions; some make bad ones; and it changes over time. But now we have to have someone in every comment section mention this "inevitability", which just has a chilling effect on perception of the industry.
- imartin2k 2y agoI still appreciate TC’s coverage and style quite a lot. The level of overall enshittification in regards to quality and UX is rather moderate. For a 20 year old news outlet with various owners throughout the years, in an industry with rapid, constant changes, that’s an achievement.