LiveJournal & SUP  —  Six Apart Announces New Home for LiveJournal  —  Acquisition of LiveJournal, creation of new operating company and investment fund by SUP promise new innovation and expansion for pioneering online community  —  San Francisco, CA - December 3, 2007 - Six Apart …

Source:   LiveJournal News
Link:   http://news.livejournal.com/104520.html

Six Apart Sells LiveJournal To Russia’s SUP  —  Six Apart has sold its hosting blogging platform LiveJournal, which it acquired in January 2005, to Moscow-headquarted SUP (pronounced “soup”), the company said this evening.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/six-apart-sells…

BLOGGING IS DEAD?  ACCORDING TO WHOM?  —  As a blogger, the last three years have been interesting ones, to say the least.  —  2005 was the year blogs came of age.  For a lot of people around me at the time, the key moment was when Businessweek’s now-legendary article, “Blogging Will Change Your Business” made […]

Getting rid of the non-compete clause everywhere  —  I have always been against the non-compete clause for employees.  —  Conventional wisdom says we need them to protect employers and companies.  But in California they are demmed illegal and against public policy.

Source:   bijansabet.com
Link:   http://bijansabet.com/post/20621865

Facebook: The canary in the social networking coal mine  —  Facebook has stirred up a great deal of controversy and now harsh criticism with its Beacon advertising program.  Three weeks after launching Beacon Facebook, the company did a 180-degree turn to make it more palatable for users rather than advertisers.

Source:   Between the Lines
Author:   […]

Video game giants in $18bn deal  —  The companies behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft are merging in a deal which could shake up the global video games industry.  —  Activision and Blizzard have said they will form “the world’s most profitable games business” in a deal worth $18.8bn (£9.15bn).

Source:   BBC
Author:   […]

Video game giants in $18bn merger  —  The companies behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft are merging in a deal which could shake up the global video games industry.  —  Activision and Blizzard have said they will form “the world’s most profitable games business” in a deal worth $18.8bn (£9.15bn).

Source:   BBC
Author:   […]

Game giants in $18bn merger  —  The companies behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft are merging in a deal which could shake up the global video games industry.  —  Activision and Blizzard have said they will form “the world’s most profitable games business” in a deal worth $18.8bn (£9.15bn).

Source:   BBC
Author:   Rory […]

Vivendi to Acquire Activision  —  Vivendi said Sunday that it planned to acquire a controlling stake in Activision in a deal that creates a rival to Electronic Arts as the world’s largest independent video game publisher.  —  The deal combines Activision and Vivendi Games …

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Matt Richtel
Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/technology…

Vivendi to Acquire a Controlling Stake in Activision  —  Vivendi said Sunday that it planned to acquire a controlling stake in Activision in a deal that creates a rival to Electronic Arts as the world’s largest independent video game publisher.  —  The deal combines Activision and Vivendi Games …

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Matt […]