Silicon Alley Insider (Wednesday)

Is this the real reason Mike Arrington moved to Seattle? Because he wants to sell TechCrunch and he doesn't want to be taxed on his gains?

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Silicon Alley Insider (Wednesday)

At a tech event in Seattle, TechCrunch's founding editor, Michael Arrington, hinted he may be ready to sell.

TechFlash reported the news:

Arrington hinted that he was burned out and ready to sell the online publishing empire that he created five years ago this month.

Silicon Alley Insider (Wednesday)

TechCrunch impresario Mike Arrington has (basically) announced that he's putting his baby up for sale. 

And inasmuch as Mike is laying his cards on the table, we might as well, too.  So here goes:

We're interested.

We think TechCrunch + SAI = World Domination...

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
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