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In this week’s 4MR podcast I look at the recent shopping spree by AOL, including buying tech news blog TechCrunch for more than $30 million. PaidContent founder Rafat Ali tells me what TechCrunch needed to do to finally seal the deal. And I also talked with Knight Foundation’s director of digital media, John Bracken, about recent changes in the Knight News Challenge contest for next year’s entrants.
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Listen to my entire interview with Rafat Ali:
Background music is “What the World Needs” by the The Ukelele Hipster Kings via PodSafe Music Network.
Here are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:
AOL Tried To Buy TechCrunch Twice Before at Business Insider
AOL Officially Announces Acquisition of 5Min at MediaMemo
AOL Will Buy TechCrunch, Mike Arrington and All at ClickZ
AOL Acquires TechCrunch at PaidContent
AOL’s Wild Acquisition Day Concludes With Thing Labs, Maker of Brizzly at PaidContent
5th Knight News Challenge Opens For Entries Oct. 25 at Knight Foundation
Knight News Challenge ’11 focuses on new areas at Lost Remote
Also, be sure to vote in our poll about what you think about AOL buying TechCrunch:
Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.
4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.
