AOL is going to buy TechCrunch

And it's not just going to, how it would be possible to “get ready to buy a car in the near future” - now there are active negotiations on the purchase of this authoritative resource from the IT world. I recall that the head of it is Michael Arrington, which was recently written on Habré. The deal is now in the process of being finalized, but is not yet 100% ready, that is, there is a chance that TechCrunch will remain autonomous. Sources familiar with both sides claim that TechCrunch is likely to be sold to AOL (maybe Arrington still got tired of working almost 20 hours a day in the dark?).



Tim Armstrong, the AOL CEO, may make an announcement about the purchase of this resource at TechCrunch Disrupt, which is currently taking place in San Francisco. True, neither yesterday nor today at the conference nothing of the kind was voiced. By the way, AOL, which is not experiencing the best of times, has declared its willingness to acquire other popular blogs of a technological nature - the company believes that in this way AOL will be able to attract more visitors to its other resources.

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Now neither Arrington, nor representatives of AOL do not give any comments. In principle, everything is correct - the transaction is quite interesting, why declare it prematurely (of course, if it takes place).



In the past, AOL has already had relationships with blogs and bloggers — for example, Weblogs Inc., which is behind popular sites like Engadget. Blogs really helped AOL avoid significant traffic losses. Now AOL intends to add a couple more “pearls” to its collection.



It is worth noting that at the moment TechCrunch is one of the most widely read technological blogs in the United States. He appeared in 2005, when Michael Arrington decided to create a blog that would cover the most interesting startups from around the world. Gradually, the resource has become more versatile, and burst into the top three most readable technology blogs. It is in second place, immediately after the Huffington Post.



Well, let's wait a little, it seems that in a couple of days it will become clear whether AOL has bought this resource or not.



And here is another picture with Arrington:







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