San Francisco chronicle has an insightful article on Mike Arrington of Techcrunch fame. They call him ‘Mister Web 2.0‘, and rightly so because Mike is the most influential blogger in the web 2.0 business.

Mike’s Techcrunch routinely breaks technology information to a worldwide tech-savvy audience. Some of Mike’s firsts include breaking the Google-YouTube 1.5 billion deal, that was widely discussed in the blogosphere. With a 7-member team, Techcrunch has grown in leaps and bounds, all in the space of 1 year!! How’s that for growth? Never mind accusations of favoritism from some quarters;Mike is still the most widely read blogger in web 2.0 business. Even fellow bloggers like Om Malik of gigaom will agree.

The San Francisco Chronicle article also hints that Mike is taking a break from blogging for a month or so to spend more time with his parents. And also to think of potential future business.

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