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Michael Arrington is an American blogger, entrepreneur and venture capitalist born in 1970. After working as a lawyer, in 2004 he set up TechCrunch, a technology blog focused on internet startups. He sold the business to AOL in 2010. He then started the CrunchFund series of venture funds, which have funded over 100 startups.

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Sep 2012

HootSuite acquires Seesmic

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The companies don’t disclose valuation. Seesmic’s latest incarnation, as a social media cross-posting tool, is in line with HootSuite’s business. VentureBeat reports that Seesmic has 30,000-40,000 uniques a month and may be treated as a new product by HootSuite. HootSuite CEO Holmes:

I have always had a lot of respect for Seesmic’s CEO, Loïc Le Meur, and the role Seesmic has played in advancing social business. We are thrilled to welcome Seesmic’s users into the HootSuite family.

25 Sep, 2011

Starts Uncrunched

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Arrington starts a new blog after being removed from TechCrunch:

Now I’ve got a new pen, though. And a blank slate. Infinite choices, I get to choose my own path. All that jazz.

So as William Shatner would undoubtedly ask if I gave him another $149, what exactly am I going to do here at Uncrunched?

I’m going to do the same thing I’ve been doing since 2005. I’m going to write about startups, and the people who build them, and the people who fund them, and the people who use them.

2011

Starts CrunchFund

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michael-arrington-starts-crunchfundArrington starts the fund with $20 million. He will run it with Gallagher and Siegler. Arrington:

I don’t claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure.

He will take a reduced role at TechCrunch but continue to report to Huffington. Investments will be disclosed on the blog. AOL is putting about $10 million into the fund. Armstrong:

We have a traditional understanding of journalism with the exception of TechCrunch, which is different but is transparent about it.

19 Apr, 2011

Dogster acquisition

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Say Media buys the company. Financial terms aren’t disclosed. Say Media:

This acquisition marks an important milestone in the evolution of our company

29 Sep, 2010

AOL acquires TechCrunch

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The company annouces the acquisition along with the purchases of instructional video site 5min and Thing Labs Inc. People familiar with the deal say it paid around $30 million for TechCrunch. Arrington is retained on a multi-year deal. AOL chief executive Armstrong:

The one thing that doesn’t change is people’s consumption of content.

Jun 2005

Starts TechCrunch

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michael-arrington-techcrunch_logo.jpgArrington starts the blog as a way to learn about new business models.

I was gone in 2004 when Flickr came out and Bloglines and all the cool new Web 2.0 stuff. So half my day was spent researching old startups. I figured at the very least I’d use it as a networking tool.

Jan 2000

Co-founds Achex

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Arrington co-founds the payments provider and serves as its VP for business development, and general counsel.