Klingt schmeichelhaft! Laut dem WIRED MAGAZIN und dem CIO Weblog soll Michael Arrington von TechCrunch satte 200′000$ im Monat mit seinem Blog verdienen.

“And unlike most solo bloggers, Arrington has turned his passion into a tidy business. Revenue from advertising, job listings, and sponsorships now totals about $200,000 a month. He says he could have sold the operation last fall to a media company (which he won’t name) for $8.5 million, and he may still. But with a new top-flight CEO from Fox Interactive Media, roughly $1 million in the bank, and VCs lining up around the block to invest, Arrington talks like a man who wants to build an empire. There are lots of blogs with more raw traffic - mostly celebrity or political sites like A Socialite’s Life and Daily Kos - but few with as much business influence. Based on how many times other Web sites link to his content - an unscientific but accepted yardstick - Arrington is the world’s fourth-most-powerful blogger, according to Technorati.”

Wie oben geschrieben, nimmt Michael Arrington das ganze Geld mit Werbung, Joblisten und Sponsoren ein. An alle Blogger: Ihr wisst was zu tun ist!