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When they realized it sold more ads + took less time to write the pieces. Then AOL bought them and it became official!

well said!

About 2007/2008 by my recollection.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=181821

The subject of TC posts on HN has been a contentious issue for as long as HN has existed. I think there is still a pretty large contingent that thinks TechCrunch should have been banned just the same way Valleywag was.

Valleywag is banned?

There are tons of banned sites. I assume the list has grown in the past two years.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=498910

When it began to read more like TMZ and less like Ars.

Call it what you want, but not only is this article is very interesting if it's true, it's also very useful to know for anyone in the industry.