TechCrunch is ending its paid subscription product TC+

TechCrunch plans to wind down paid subscription product TC+ as it refocuses its coverage around the investors, founders and startups of Silicon Valley, reports Mark Stenberg of Adweek.

Stenberg writes, “TechCrunch first launched its subscription product, then called ExtraCrunch, in 2019, before rebranding it to TC+ in 2021.

“The decision to sunset TC+ follows on the heels of a broader trend in the subscriptions space, as shifting economic conditions have prompted publishers to reevaluate how they balance advertising and reader revenue initiatives.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.