“Obviously much of the communication I’ve had with the company the last week is private and confidential. I will share this email that I sent to Sarah this morning, though.”
Venture journalist Michael Arrington, outlining his confidentiality policy in a post explaining that he’s shocked, shocked to have been fired as a board member by PandoDaily founder Sarah Lacy, his former TechCrunch protégée, Uncrunched, 9 April 2012
“FWIW, in case anyone is wondering why I didn’t ask Elon about his divorce, it’s because I’m a business reporter.”
Volunteer Tesla Motors publicist Sarah Lacy, explaining why she didn’t ask electric-vehicles investor Elon Musk any potentially troubling questions about a divorce trial which threatens his stake in the company, Twitter, 5 August 2010
“Nothing Max Levchin ever does seems to be easy. In the fall of 2007, Max finally decided to propose to his long-time girlfriend Nellie.”
Non-business reporter Sarah Lacy, delving into her subject’s personal lives, Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good, Gotham, 2008
“Getting it right is expensive. Getting it first is cheap.”
TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington, on saving money by having his cut–rate reporters make it up as they go along, New York Times, 7 June 2009
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