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TechCrunch hires CEO

Heather Harde has been named CEO of TechCrunch, the blog site started by tech entrepreneur Michael Arrington.

Candace Lombardi
In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our world rotating. A journalist who divides her time between the United States and the United Kingdom, Lombardi has written about technology for the sites of The New York Times, CNET, USA Today, MSN, ZDNet, Silicon.com, and GameSpot. She is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not a current employee of CNET.
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Heather Harde has been named CEO of TechCrunch, the blog site started by tech entrepreneur Michael Arrington. Harde has been senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Fox Interactive Media.

She will officially become TechCrunch CEO at the end of March, according to Arrington's blog. Arrington wrote in his blog on Saturday that Harde's takeover of the business aspects of TechCrunch will give him more time to focus on editorial development.