Valley’s ‘Mr. Web 2.0’ seeks next big thing. TechCrunch blog ruffles feathers on the Internet beat

Michael Arrington’s influential blog http://www.TechCrunch — where startups get pimped and big news sometimes breaks first — has vaulted him into the post of "Mr. Web 2.0," a kingmaker among Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and a figure of controversy in the media world he is disrupting.

Dan Fost, Chronicle Staff Writer

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