What is TechCrunch?
[[File:TechCrunch logo.svg|thumb|TechCrunch logo with green color]] '''TechCrunch''' is an American online newspaper that covers technology and startup companies.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Miller|first=Claire|title=Tech Blogger to Invest in Start-Ups|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/technology/michael-arrington-techcrunch-blogger-to-invest-in-start-ups.html}}</ref> It was founded in June 2005 by Archimedes Ventures, led by Michael Arrington and Keith Teare. In 2010, AOL bought the company for around $25 million.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ovide|first=Shira|date=2010-09-28|title=Exactly What is TechCrunch Worth?|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-DLB-27216|access-date=2023-12-12|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> After [[Verizon]] bought [[AOL]], it was owned by Verizon Media from 2015 through 2021. In 2021 Verizon sold it to the private equity firm Apollo Global Management. == References == <references /> [[Category:Newspapers in the United States]] [[Category:Online newspapers]]