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Growing pains for TechCrunch's gadget blog?

On Tuesday morning, tech gossip blog Valleywag posted a rumor that TechCrunch's small blog network might not be doing quite as well as its parent brand: Valleywag editor Owen Thomas said that gadget blog CrunchGear had made significant pay cuts and that at least one blogger had been fired. In a message to Valleywag, CrunchGear editor John Biggs attempted to clear the air, saying that some writers are "on hiatus" while the gadget blog works out its new ad sales program and transitions from a per-post model to a monthly salary.

Some blogging insiders, CNET News.com … Read more

New York's tech crowd packs it in for CrunchGear's anniversary party

TechCrunch, the industry blog run by Fixture 2.0 Michael Arrington, is a decidedly Valley institution, but its hardware sibling CrunchGear skews toward New York--if only because that's where its writers are based. Last night, the gadget blog threw its first-birthday bash on the upper floor of the bi-level Manhattan watering hole Red Sky, located a stone's throw away from CNET's offices on the outskirts of the afterwork-bar-heavy Murray Hill neighborhood.

The whole event had the feel of a tech-media mixer--like a more casual Founders Club or a less businesslike Meetup--to the point where it was … Read more