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Six Apart jettisons LiveJournal

Six Apart announced a "new home" for LiveJournal LJ, the blogging and social networking tools and community it acquired in January 2005. The new home is Russian-based online media company SUP. Another way of describing what's happening with LiveJournal is that it was sold because it's not...

Tags: Six Apart Ltd., LiveJournal, Home, LiveJournal Russia, Corporate Governance, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-12-02

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Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress

Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progressOffending messagesI would like to know what constitutes an 'offending message' and who makes the decision and on which criterion?Other than that, I want to say that Russia is being vilified in a similar way to Serbia when she fought against terrorisism directed...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, cyberattack

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

LiveJournal's new owners stick it to Advisory Board

LiveJournal's new owners stick it to Advisory BoardIt's not like anybody uses LJ anymoreThe damage will be minimal and it will die a quick and painless death. And the only people who will notice are the people who like to reminisce about what they did in 2002.RE: LiveJournal's new owners...

Tags: LiveJournal, Advisory Board, new owner

Discussion threads 2008-03-24

LiveJournal acquired by Russian company SUP

While some will inevitably see this as Six Apart offloading its aging blogging platform and original social network, LiveJournal which the company acquired less than three years ago, the deal makes a whole lot of sense, and serves as a reminder that the Web is a world wide business not...

Tags: LiveJournal, SUP, Blogging, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Social Networking, Internet, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2007-12-03

Six Apart sells LiveJournal for c. $30 million

Speculation has been rife over at TechCrunch but sources close to events as they say have confirmed that Six Apart has sold LiveJournal for around $30 million to Russia's SUP. Insiders are said to be happy with their return on a $5 million investment to a market...

Tags: Partnership, Speculation, Six Apart Ltd., LiveJournal, Business Structures, Investment, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-12-03

Putin allies building a pro-Kremlin network of blogs, news sites

Vladimir Putin is building a propaganda network of friendly blogs, The Washington Post reports. Allies [of Putin] are creating pro-government news and pop culture Web sites while purchasing some established online outlets known for independent journalism. They are nurturing a network of friendly bloggers ready...

Tags: Russia, Network, Blog, Blogger, pro-Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, Kremlin, Internet, Blogging, Networking, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-29

Online extortion battle takes a mortal hit

The battle against online extortion took a mortal hit today as Blue Security Inc. announced they are closing up shop. Blue Security had attempted to battle online extortion and spam by bombarding spammers with email from all 522,000 of its clients. As the Washington Post tells the story:...

Tags: extortion, spammer, Blue Security

Blog posts 2006-05-17

Blogging as 'intellectual hydroplaning'?

Blogging as 'intellectual hydroplaning'?Thank God for intellectual hydroplaningBefore blogs existed, I had to formulate my ideas on scraps of paper and wait until I'd come to some sustainable conclusions before I could publish something marketable. Now I can just throw ideas out there and see what sticks -- the...

Tags: Wainewright, Socrates, blog, blogging

Discussion threads 2005-11-22