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Ask HN: How come blogs/magazines never get accepted into YC?

1 points by kkt262 ↗ HN
I haven't seen a single successful blog company apply and get into YC. Why is that? I'm talking about startups like TechCrunch or Mashable.

Or maybe I'm mistaken and there have been a few.

Thanks for any input in advance!

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unimpressive
Because these do not have the potential growth curve that would make them worthwhile investments of time and money, period.
nostrademons
The industry is brutally competitive. There are basically no barriers to entry with a blog, and also no barriers to someone taking your content or story ideas and passing them off as their own. That makes it very hard to build an audience, let alone charge money.
brudgers
Purportedly [1], TechCrunch exited for less than $50 million. That's in the range Arrington himself might classify as a "dipshit" company, but it's a pretty good exit for a blog type business.

I suspect that if someone applied with a blog/magazine that looked like it could be worth a billion or two, YC would bite. Then again, it probably wouldn't really be a blog/magazine.

Good luck.

[1]: per Wikipedia