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Valleywag
The Techcrunch publisher has had the inside track on the sale of Photobucket, to the point that Lehman Brothers used his influential tech news site to tout the photosharing venture's revenue projections. And he also hears about Myspace's internet plans through Heather Harde, a former exec with the social network's parent company, whom Arrington brought into Techcrunch as chief executive. So it's no wonder the thin-skinned tech maven is upset about being scooped on the deal between the two companies, especially by a scurrilous gossip rag such as the "evil" Valleywag. However, by "confirming" the Valleywag exclusive without even a link to the story, he looks not merely bitter, but petty.
Sore loser
The Techcrunch publisher has had the inside track on the sale of Photobucket, to the point that Lehman Brothers used his influential tech news site to tout the photosharing venture's revenue projections. And he also hears about Myspace's internet plans through Heather Harde, a former exec with the social network's parent company, whom Arrington brought into Techcrunch as chief executive. So it's no wonder the thin-skinned tech maven is upset about being scooped on the deal between the two companies, especially by a scurrilous gossip rag such as the "evil" Valleywag. However, by "confirming" the Valleywag exclusive without even a link to the story, he looks not merely bitter, but petty.
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1:19 PM on Mon May 7 2007
By Nick Denton
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Besides, you could only confirm with an "overzealous employee," but Mike has the in with the "higher-ups" and made sure you weren't full of shit. Good thing for people like him and Scobble.
Scoble, not Scobble. Unless you're making a joke I don't understand.
awwwww
ValleyWaaaaaaaa
"he looks not merely bitter, but petty."
Insert your favorite brand of pot-kettle joke here.
Valleywag...the voice of the COMMON tipster.
....and you look whiny. Quit being an attention whore! Ah, j/k - we love ya for it.
Valleywag's become more of a source under Nick Denton and I know a lot of pretty influential people in tech read it. I hear a lot of people say they don't read TechCrunch as much anymore, maybe that includes a few MySpace PR people.
My only question is why didn't TechCrunch build their news post on the wonderful foundation that is Silverlight.
Good thing for people like him and Scobble.
hahahahaha! Good one.
to paraphrase krammer - can't you see what is going on here? you guys can't admit the fact that you are in love with each other.
@ Ken, Nick would pick someone way hotter.
@ken_gq: Ha, actually, you may have put your finger on something. I do rate Arrington, actually. He is, as we say in England, a tosser. But he hates missing a story, which is a noble quality in a reporter. I respect that.
@ nick, LOL. I just looked that up.
Nick, what's this stuff about Mike?
I thought it was Calcanis you were totally crushing on.
@BurritoFueled: He's also a tosser, but a ferocious no-holds-barred competitor, and unpretentious. Yeah, you're right, a total crush.
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