Facebook may be the king of the Silicon Valley crowd, but Paris Hilton apparently prefers MySpace. 42 year old MySpace cofounder and CEO Chris DeWolfe has been dating 27 year old Paris Hilton for at least a few weeks, sources close to the company confirm. We first got wind of this when we saw DeWolfe in a random video clip with Hilton from last month (see below). He’s also been throwing parties in the Hamptons, and Hilton has been at all of them.
Now we’ve got a source in New York that’s confirming the two are dating. DeWolfe is hosting yet another party tonight in the Hamptons, and Hilton will reportedly be there as his date.
This is a brilliant marketing move for MySpace (or for Hilton?). Or maybe they actually like each other. All we’ve confirmed is that they are definitely dating.
As far as we can tell DeWolfe still has a wife (but is reportedly separated) and Hilton still has an official boyfriend, but whatever, this is Hollywood. Best of luck to both of them.
Uh, who cares?
I certainly don’t.
Are we going to find out who Tom’s new boyfriend is as well or no?
This sounds like news that should be on like parezhilton.com or something lol
http://blabtech.blogspot.com
Tom’s new date is Eric from MBL.
most inspirational and uplifting TC article I have read in months. 40+ need all the inspiration they can get these days. dont hate the date. Tech times are so slow sometimes i find myself falling down to valley wag just to survive. We all do what we gotta doo.
It seems that one man’s perk is another man’s nightmare.
Yeah, she looks cute with all the make up, but she is almost over the hill approaching 30. Dam I thought she was like 22-24 tops. I guess I need to get out more.
Yeah Paris Hilton is a old chick at 27. Anyone hear babies crying or wedding bells?
score one for the geeks.
C’mon Mike!!!! You are getting there: now we present ‘TMZcrunch.com’ –with CEO ’stoned’ Arrington!!!
Worst news article ever posted here!
not even close.
Glad you decided to acknowledge reality? Myspace FTW!
(Atleast in the US, where advertising $ count)
I actually liked this article a lot. Great article!
Very, very interesting.
Lost a lot of respect for techcrunch here. Not mad just disappointed. Maybe Chris will let you blow him if you ask nicely.
Yes Mr. Arrington, it is.
What are your views on Paris dating Chris De….oh wait sorry, slipped my mind for a moment there, this post is for the $ isn’t it.
I think you need to check who your loyal readers are. I realize TC is a business, but don’t disregard the people who helped you get so popular.
more of this to degrade a great reputation, tabloids will soon all add a techcrunch feed, rubbish article, who cares.
Michael, Can I do a LOL here? I really want to!
So, uh, the perks include genital herpes?
Damn, you beat me to it.
Doesn’t this belong on celebrity gossip?
Mike, got to be better things in your inbox to write about.
not just this second
LOL… TC hits new lows
PS: Hoe Chris like herpes.
I’m sure there’s a tech angle in here somewhere…or maybe not.
S*xCrunch ???
You might want to see a doctor about that!
Gossipcrunch!
Now, now — It is just Mike’s inner gossipy girl trying to come out!
I don’t know if I’d call this a perk.
that’s what I was sort of thinking. Porn stars aren’t really my thing.
Mike, do yourself and TC a favor: remove this posting!
absolutely. coming right up. keep hitting refresh.
God, you really are stupid dick.
can’t wait for the blowjob video. will they put it on myspace video?
Even Valleywag didn’t report it!
Mike, Valleywagging is for lowlifes.
this is hardly the worst article ever here on tc. besides, i think what mike was trying to show is that maybe some of you nerds have the possibility of dating someone famous. very few of you, but still.
Seems like a good match to me – the world’s best known socialite sl#t and a guy who could conceivably put her in touch with all of his ‘friends’.
Man, I never thought I’d miss the twitter stories.
sloppy second that’s not something to be proud of
paris been around block lotsssssssss of times
Disappointing. I will let Charlie now about this…
This isn’t valleywagish at all, he’s simply reporting actual news even if it has little to do with what techcrunch normally covers. You’ll certainly see this on all the major news sites if it’s true. vw stuff is usually aimed at making fun at people or harassing them. this post is simply pointing out that the ceo of the largest site on the internet is dating a top celebrity. that’s relevant.
nope, not relevant. at all. paris hilton is a bimbo who is only famous because her daddy’s rich and she put out a sex tape.
but what is the significance of this story? i fail to see how this would be important for the techcrunch reader to be alerted about. CEO of MySpace, ok. But reporting who hes dating? Why do we care?
Next up, listing every c-level executive at a tech firm that is dating a celeb?
What happened to reporting news about the ‘industry’ and industry ‘happenings’.
The story doesnt annoy me, Im just still trying to figure out why Mike would think his readers give a $hit about this.
I guess the relation of “huge social network” and “huge socialite” is enough to warrant the blog entry.
slow friday?
WHOAH! For a moment there I thought I was reading Gawker. I had to double check that I was still on Techrunch. FTW!
when did TechCrunch become paparazzi? I thought this was an insightful tech/business blog not people magazine. come on guys, stick with the important stuff…
exactly. is there a bury button somewhere? remember the day 08/08/08 – the day Techcrunch became indistinguishable from Gawker
well said
Tech-Valleywag, by Michael Perez Arrington.
Executive compensation packages come with some truly innovative tax loopholes.
I hear he bought her four copies of the I Am Rich app. Wohoo!
Chill guys, Paris Hilton + Chris DeWolfe = Marketing for MySpace! … Since it’s all about marketing, TechCrunch had to mention it! Get it?
MySpace sucks
Thanks for the tip. We love it!
I clicked on TechCrunch, but I arrived at valleywag.
they both have existing spouses?
Sanctify yourselves.
Are you serious? The newest low for TC.
You know when you’re not in this business when you ask stupid questions like this: “This is a brilliant marketing move for MySpace (or for Hilton?)”
C’mon!
Would love to hear about the perks of being Techcrunch founder
What say Mike?
well, i get a ton of attention from overweight 30 something male engineer types. I should have started a social network instead.
And TC finally becomes a celebrity gossip blog lol.Gee I am disapointed – how low can TC go?
I first subscribed to TC for the quality posts on a variety of start-ups and for important news on whats new in the tech world. Now every 2nd post is about either facebook or twitter with the others now being filled by posts like this….sigh….
Why is everyone hating? I wish Mike would report stuff like this 3-4 times a day, I’d come back to TechCrunch so much more.
ScarJo=perk
Eva Mendes=perk
Jessica Biel=perk
Meghan Good=perk
Paris Hilton=herp
C’mon Mike, up your standards.
Thanks for the laugh..
And now this is called TechStar .. an official Star mag facsimile online.
Come on, this post isn’t THAT bad. I really don’t know anything about Chris DeWolfe, so at least I now know he has connections… of some kind… sort of.
TechCrunch has jumped the shark!
Worst Story Ever!
Mike this something we can expect from Duncan but not you.
Do I sense a little jealousy Mike? The big CEO of techcrunch should be able to pull some hot ‘green chick’ from San Fran. The chicks are so hot up there that even the Mayor of San Fran had to come down here to get him a girl.
I think this is fun(ny) stuff. Some of the dorks amongst us need to lighten up.
Comments here is good evidence that “Geeks” are exactly how they are demonstrated in Movies .. Robots!
The shepherd has led his sheep to talk and link to this post and viola, traffic.
give a break guys…its weekend…mike did good job letting tech guys know that there is another life than just tech….this is fun to read after same old Y combinator flipper companies
I was missing some more info and comments on her dress and make-up, but you guys will most probably get there when you keep posting these kind of articles. First the Cuil.com turn-around, now Paris. Don’t get me wrong, you guys are still good, but you used to be great – for me that is. Still there are enough other readers out there who aren’t like me – luckily.
Its interesting to have a more lighthearted story reported on. And as Dewolfe is responsible for one of the largest social networking sites it is tech related. Looks like Paris is moving up from shipping magnets… Paris Hilton 2.0?
From being an Apple/ iPhone spokesperson, Mike is now into gossip as well
posted links in my first comment, so while it awaits moderation, let me just say that this is just not plausible
So while Paris Hilton has in recently been in the studio with long time boyfriend Benji Madden, and during tuesday and wednesday of THIS WEEK she was in Copenhagen with him, she was supposedly all this time unofficially dating my friend Tom from Myspace?
Better call your NY source again!
And yeah, I read gossip.
Lame posting. Could have been enlivened by relating it to speculation about the MySpace Music CEO job.
Since it’s all about marketing, TechCrunch had to mention it! Get it?
I gotta start my own social network.