TechCrunch founder: ‘I don’t like PR people’

TechCrunch is one of the most popular tech blogs, breaking stories more often than many traditional publications. The founder, Michael Arrington, has a contentious relationship with PR professionals. He expounded on these feelings in a recent  Inc. magazine story. “I don’t like PR people for the most part,” he said. “I like going to CEOs directly. If a PR person suggests I meet the CEO of this new company, I always say yes. But if they say, ‘Can we set up dri…

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