An old colleague of mine used to joke he was one of millions whose job it was to “feed the internet.” This past November, an alumnus of a prestigious writing program in Louisville, Ky. told soon-to-be-alumni his blogging career was short-lived because, like a bad girlfriend, his blog con...

Enjoy this interview Sheryl Sandberg the Facebook COO at Davos. Mike Arrington grabbed her for a 9 min interview. One thing that I would ask Sheryl is how they are handling the policy for kids. As Linda Furrier posted last week, she has an opinion on Facebook for Kids. Full transcript: Michael Arrin...

Warning -  this post gets a little zen It took a great deal of courage for TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington to publish his Some Things Need To Change post chastising the digital rat race that he, in part, has helped to fuel. He concludes: I’ve decided the right thing to do is take some time off and ...

It’s not the best of times for Kings. From Wall Street titans like Dick Fuld to Main Street titans like Howard Schultz the future looks difficult. Even the kings of the blogging world are beginning to whine. On the same day that Mike Arrington announced a vacation from blogging and blamed othe...

It’s not sure yet. One thing is certain, he wants to take a break for a month or two. Now TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington says he has been victimized by another kind of attack — an expectoration — that has left him wondering if the blogging life is worth the trouble. In an uncommonly per...

Image by jdlasica via Flickr Disturbing news this morning: TechCrunch Founder Mike Arrington was about to leave the DLD Conference (hey, Eran, where’s your review?) when a stranger approached him, deliberately spat in his face and disappeared in the crowd. This is as lowly as it gets. It’s also ...

… what would they be? I asked this question on Twitter today and got some great responses. You can learn a lot about people with this question (if you’re paying attention…) My initial answer? Fashion designer, author, vet. I’d also like to add professional surfer, (good) phot...

Mike Arrington has a report that a group of investors are circling Microsoft for money to take over Yahoo. Finally, someone is making a run at Yahoo. The wounded beast is begging for a takeover and what a bargain that would be. I would love to have the cash to take over Yahoo. Yahoo has amazing asse...

I had written previously on automobile manufacturer embargoes and print versus online media in Metafilter some time ago.  Challenging embargoes is becoming relavent again, as Chrysler - and particularly Chrysler PR man Rick Deneau - snubs the autoblogs, who then post the ‘embargoed’ mat...

The night before LeWeb. Post from: 1938 Media...