by Michelle Lentz

Duncan Riley has written for TechCrunch for exactly a year. After posting 7 days a week for the last year, he’s tired. Brian is a huge fan of Duncan’s and will miss working with him. He’s not the only one – Michael Arrington has a complimentary post about Duncan’s departure, and Duncan’s own final post is here.

I listened to an interview with Duncan on The Blog Herald, a site he founded. The interview covers some great points, including how Duncan landed at TechCrunch (Michael Arrington called him out of the blue) and dealing with the deluge of email that comes with working at TechCrunch. The hardest part, he says, is “dealing with the noise” in order to sift through and find the right story. Duncan has really enjoyed his time at TechCrunch and is leaving with no drama – he just wants his weekends back, misses running his own blogging business, and is really just tired. It happens.

Perhaps the bigger news is Duncan’s new venture, The Inquisitr. Using the Huffington Post as one of his models, Duncan is going for a mix of topics he loves, including pop culture, technology, and just plain odd and funny stuff. The Inquisitr has been soft-launched, considering Duncan just got his time back today, but he’s acquiring a team of writers and the site stands to grow and change in the next few weeks.

We’d also like to welcome Jason Kincaid, who has been with TechCrunch about a month now. Jason is already cranking out great posts!

Best wishes to Duncan in his new venture!

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