<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Daily Tech and Gadget &#187; co:techcrunch</title> <atom:link href="http://www.dtechgadget.com/tag/cotechcrunch/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.dtechgadget.com</link> <description>Daily Update Tech &#38; Gadget News From Many Web Feed Source</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:09:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Is TechCrunch doomed by payola scandal?</title><link>http://www.dtechgadget.com/is-techcrunch-doomed-by-payola-scandal/</link> <comments>http://www.dtechgadget.com/is-techcrunch-doomed-by-payola-scandal/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:43:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[a-complete-lie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[a-sponsor-pays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[a-thank-you-for]]></category> <category><![CDATA[arrington]]></category> <category><![CDATA[co:techcrunch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[president]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scandal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[washington]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dtechgadget.com/is-techcrunch-doomed-by-payola-scandal/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Late last week, tech biz bloggers were shocked &#8212; and a few were cruelly happy &#8212; 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 a different startup for a MacBook Air, which led that company to complain to Arrington. Not only did Big Mike cut Brusilovsky from staff, he removed all of Daniel&#8217;s posts &#8212; I counted 70 of them in Google&#8217;s cache &#8212; and posted a candid and legally-vetted description of the events, titled &#8220; An Apology to Our Readers .&#8221; So of course the hot topic of discussion among local journalists over the weekend was, is TechCrunch&#8217;s reputation shot now? 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TechCrunch Editor Michael Arrington broke the news in a post last night titled, &#8220; An Apology to Our Readers .&#8221; He said that &#8220;someone I trust&#8221; had accused an intern of asking for a Macbook Air in exchange for writing a TechCrunch post about the startup. The allegation was supported by a subsequent investigation, and Arrington also uncovered &#8220;at least one other occasion&#8221; when Brusilovsky &#8220;almost certainly&#8221; received a computer in exchange for a post. In response, TechCrunch fired him and removed all of his posts from the site. Initially, Arrington didn&#8217;t disclose the name of the intern in question, but his identity has since been revealed as 17-year-old Brusilovsky, who is also founder of the teen publishing startup Teens in Tech . ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.dtechgadget.com/payola-allegations-prompt-techcrunch-to-fire-teen-intern/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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