Is TechCrunch doomed by payola scandal?

Late last week, tech biz bloggers were shocked — and a few were cruelly happy — to read that TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington had fired 17-year-old intern, entrepreneur and Internet fameball Daniel Brusilovsky . Arrington said the teenage overachiever had accepted a computer from a company in exchange for coverage on TechCrunch. Brusilovsky also admitted, Arrington said, to asking ..Read More

Payola allegations prompt TechCrunch to fire teen intern

Teen entrepreneur Daniel Brusilovsky has been fired from his internship at TechCrunch following allegations that he traded startup coverage for compensation. TechCrunch Editor Michael Arrington broke the news in a post last night titled, “ An Apology to Our Readers .” He said that “someone I trust” had accused an intern of asking for a Macbook Air in exchange ..Read More