Tag Archives: Michael Arrington

Would Midas Oracle publish internal documents that were stolen from a prediction market company?

TechCrunch is going to publish some internal documents stolen from Twitter. In the past, Midas Oracle has published many things that infuriated some prediction market players: Public facts wrapped up in our sarcastic commentaries. And we will do it again, … Continue reading

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Aren’t you fed up by those obnoxious bloggers (like Chris Masse) who constantly blog about blogging and bloggers?

- If the answer to that question is “no”, then do scan-read that interesting New York Times story about bloggers and blogging. Yes, that NYT story was written by… a blogger (who usually blogs at ValleyWag) —if you were wondering. … Continue reading

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Intense, passionate, consumed with his subject, opinionated, sleep-deprived, forward-thinking, easy to irritate, and apt to air his grudges in public

- The qualification that does not apply to me is in bold: intense passionate consumed with his subject opinionated sleep-deprived forward-thinking easy to irritate apt to air his grudges in public – We’re talking Michael Arrington, of course. -

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Why blogs on prediction markets are lively and interesting to read, while conferences on prediction markets are as dull as German sausages and suck like GoldFish.

- Signal Vs. Noise: Web Conferences: Where’s the outrage? Over the past 7 years I’ve probably been to almost every major web industry conference at least once. I can’t remember the last time I saw a good honest disagreeable debate … Continue reading

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Whose side are you on?

- Michael Arrington refers to this blog post, which I have already linked to. – I’m rather in the Mike Arrington camp, but I’m not necessarily proud of it. (Ducan Riley would tell me to “get fu****“. ) – I … Continue reading

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Digital Wrist Slapping

- Explainer: Michael Arrington is Ducan Riley’s boss —and Michael Arrington’s post (which prompted the 2 comments you see above) happened to contradict Ducan Riley’s previous take on the issue. (See Robert Scoble’s take, for more info on the general … Continue reading

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Meet Michael Arrington of TechCrunch.

Lloyd Grove: I ran into Nick Denton [the owner of Gawker Media, parent company of the Silicon Valley blog ValleyWag.com] last night. What do you think of him? Michael Arrington: I think he’s a total dick. Lloyd Grove: Would you … Continue reading

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Set up a blog, get yourself a mobile video phone, and, hop, you’re a journalist competing with CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FBN, and the BBC.

IT blogger Robert Scoble (on the left), holding his Nokia, interviewing Michael Dell at Davos (WEF): Michael Arrington of TechCrunch took the pic. — Here’s a Davos video taken with a mobile video phone:

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Big blogging can be stressful.

Michael Arrington in the New York Times: I was a corporate lawyer and an entrepreneur, and I know about working all the time. But now, you’re always worried a big story is breaking in your e-mail, and if you wait … Continue reading

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MOST INFLUENTIAL SILICON VALLEY BLOGGER RIDES THE PREDICTION MARKET HYPE.

Tech Crunch’s Michael Arrington: [...] The prediction markets, though, are probably the most accurate data when it comes to predicting the actual winner of each primary. Hillary Clinton shows a current 61.3% likelihood of winning, even though she is only … Continue reading

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