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Michael Arrington

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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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12 Sep, 2011

Officially out

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AOL announces that Arrington is officially out of the blog. Arrington:

It’s no longer a good situation for me to stay at TechCrunch. [It’s] a sad day for me.

AOL spokeswoman:

We love Mike and it was the right, amicable decision that we came to together. We’re super excited about our relationship with him going forward.