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Give Me Back My Baby: Michael Arrington Trying to Buy Back TechCrunch From AOL -- But Would AOL Sell It?

All Things Digital  Sep 06 11

Here’s an interesting wrinkle to the ongoing saga of AOL, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington and his nascent venture firm, CrunchFund. Arrington has reached out to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, as well as others in Silicon Valley, about buying back his popular site. Sources said Arrington needs funding to do so — irony alert! — and [...] Full story...



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