VentureBeat’s new reporter — the 100-word version

May 6, 2009 | Paul Boutin | Comments | |

Hi. I’m VentureBeat’s newest reporter. I cover Apple and the iPhone, plus digital music and video. I share social networks coverage with Eric Eldon.

Yes, the iPhone is a whole news category now. I’m sure Twitter is next.

Most people know me for my New York Times blog on social networks. I still do that, plus an occasional feature for the newspaper. Before the Times, I wrote and edited for Valleywag. That was the most fun ever. I should mention Wired, Slate, and the Industry Standard, but you’re bored already.

Send me — paul@venturebeat.com – your news tips, rumors, and super-secret embargoed pre-briefings. I’ll do my best to report them three hours ahead of everyone else.

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About the Author, Paul Boutin

Paul (paul@venturebeat.com) covers Apple & the iPhone, social networks & social media, digital music & video, and any crazy Internet story. Paul wrote and edited for Valleywag from 2006-2008, after several years with Wired magazine and Slate. He writes regularly for The New York Times' technology section and sometimes for Wired and The Wall Street Journal. He studied computer science at MIT in the early 1980s, and worked as a software developer and network administrator for 15 years before becoming a professional writer. Follow him on Twitter at @paulboutin, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.

  • Nice to see new people here! that's great. I hope you will also be covering Android when it takes off.
  • Welcome Paul! Look forward to reading your iPhone coverage.

    By the way, Arrington set a new record by breaking an embargo 14 days early yesterday, so 3 hours may not cut it (LOL)
  • PaulBoutin
    Oh yawn, TechCrunch. Nice guys. I read them every day. They hate that.
  • a big welcome paul glad to see a new but familiar face (name) at Venturebeat!
  • At least you didnt go to techcrunch, this rag is half way decent. Valleywag is still my own personal "Sillicon Valley Daily Show". Nice grab, venturebeat.
  • Welcome aboard, Paul! Wise choice on your part...helluva team there. :)
  • PaulBoutin
    Thanks. It's a team of business reporters like Dean who will teach me a lot. And because the New York Times syndicates VentureBeat stories in their technology section (nytimes.com/technology), my two outlets fit together well. It's cool to have a Times story and a VB story on the same page.