The Math of TechCrunch, Part 2: Does It Play Favorites?

Editor's note : Previously, in "The Math of TechCrunch, Part I: Is TechCrunch Still About Startups?" guest author Mark Goldenson analyzed more than 20,000 TechCrunch to find out how much we actually cover startups versus big companies. In this post, he drills down by investors, authors, and market segments. Goldenson is CEO of Breakthrough.com , a startup that helps people find a therapist and get online counseling. His email is mark@breakthrough.com . In my last post, we learned that TechCrunch now covers ten times more startups than in its first year, but over half its coverage is now on large companies. In this post, I look at how the coverage breaks down by investors, authors, and markets. These findings are based on the CrunchBase API and TechCrunch’s 23,547 stories on 6,308 companies from June 11 th , 2005 to May 11 th , 2011. Here is what I found.