Without Staff, TechCrunch's Traffic Plummets
TechCrunch’s traffic is down 35 percent from a year ago, paidContent reports, and it’s probably due to the mass exodus of talent following founder Michael Arrington’s highly visible departure.
The “trickle” of high-profile departures “became a flood this year” (the latest to leave is Jason Kincaid) and TechCrunch is now “gutted of nearly all its talent.”
There are still more than 30 staffers listed on the site’s masthead, but traffic is, indeed, down, and Techmeme has said that the site is sliding down its leaderboard.
But bully for AOL for trying, PaidContent says.
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