It's War of the Silicon Valley Boosters - Yahoo! News
via Atlantic Wire
Two sources tell us that Arrington has tried to persuade attendees and sponsors not to participate by threatening bad or—maybe even worse in the buzz-driven industry—no coverage on TechCrunch. One entrepreneur, who would only speak anonymously because he said he feared retribution from Arrington, said Arrington had told him his company would no longer be covered on TechCrunch if he attended Calacanis’s conference. “Michael has told me that if I go to this, they’ll never do business with me again,” said the entrepreneur.
Calacanis refused to comment on whether he had heard reports of Arrington and TechCrunch trying to persuade attendees and sponsors to skip Launch, but he did say that no writer from TechCrunch had applied for credentials. “I think it’s unfair to those startups and I don’t understand how any publication could blacklist companies over a business dispute,” Calacanis said. “I feel terrible about it.” Neither Arrington nor AOL returned requests for comment. We’ll update if they do.
I am completely unsurprised that this mess continues to fester.
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