• UK startup guys plan game site after Murdoch pie incident

    Mike Butcher

    Mike Butcher is the European Editor for TechCrunch. A former grunge rock drummer, he became a long time journalist, and has since written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The New Statesman. Mike is also a co-founder and shareholder of TechHub, a co-working space/service/community with several locations... → Learn More

    Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

    There’s nothing like an unexpected moment at a high profile event to bring out the mischevious geeks. It would appear the incident where Rupert Murdoch was attacked with a plate of shaving foam by a member of the public during his hearing over the phone hacking scandal today is just that kind of event.

    Alex Tew is best known as the creator of the Million Dollar Home Page, defunct startup Popjam and Do Nothing for 2 minutes. Philipp Moehring is an Associate at Seedcamp.

    Above is the pie moment in question as filmed by committee room cameras and here are the guys planning it out.