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For Calacanis, a New Launch Aimed at TechCrunch

in News on October 5, 2010 at 10:31 am PT

Apparently, Jason Calacanis is still mad at Michael Arrington for reportedly denying him his share of the TechCrunch 50 event. In a conversation with the Guardian’s Jemima Kiss, he describes his plan for revenge: An editorial project called Launch that will take the form of an email publication. How will it challenge–and differ from–TechCrunch? Depth, quality and intimacy, according to Calacanis. “If you get people to commit to an email relationship, it’s the deepest most intimate relationship you can have online.”

Kara Visits London (to See the Queen Again)

in News on September 22, 2008 at 12:42 am PT

Actually, although BoomTown is staying right around the corner from Buckingham Palace in Mayfair, I am in London on my way to the PICNIC conference in Amsterdam later this week, where I will be interviewing some digital leaders onstage. We’re still working on rolling out a version of our D: All Things Digital conference in Europe next fall, so it’s important to get a sense of what is going on here in the digital sector and, of course, what is not.