Catching up with Michael Arrington
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Here’s our piece in the Mercury News about Michael Arrington, the 35-year-old ex-lawyer who has become a go-to guy for Web 2.0 companies wanting to get their message out. This is much overdue, of course. But this guy only blew onto the scene in June or so of last year and so we are not that late.
And by waiting, we gave him enough time to see his blog/barbecues hit full stride. More than 20,000 daily readers go to his TechCrunch blog, something we verified, by the way, when Michael graciously gave us permission to get stats from one of his advertising partners. Anyone know whether that’s record growth for a new blog?
Anyway, here’s a succinct bio, and “five other things” to know about him.
Next barbecue is coming in February, but we’ll let Michael announce that on his own time. This one will fill up fast, so on your marks, get set….
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Matt launched VentureBeat in September of 2006, with the realization that no one else was covering the entrepreneurial and tech innovation scene with the velocity or depth that he was. Prior to founding VentureBeat, he covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News from 2001 to 2006. In 2002, Matt was awarded "Journalist of the Year" by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists. Prior to working at the Merc, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Bonn, Germany from 1995 to 1998, and a writer for the Washington Post in 1994. Matt holds a PhD in Government and an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University. In addition to VentureBeat, Matt is also the Executive Producer of DEMO, the leading launchpad event for emerging technologies.
