LiveJournal for sale: SOLD!

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I, for one, welcome our new Six Apart overlords!

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By Ryan Naraine
January 5, 2005

Six Apart Ltd., the small software firm founded by childhood sweethearts Ben and Mena Trott, is set to make a big splash with the acquisition of Danga Interactive Inc.'s LiveJournal blogging network.

The deal, which will be announced on Thursday, involves an undisclosed amount of cash and stock, eWEEK.com has confirmed.

The acquisition gives the San Mateo, Calif.-based Six Apart a major boost in the blog publishing business and a legitimate shot at staying relevant in the face of stiff competition from Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

Source, lifted from d4b.

Comments

[thereject.livejournal.com]

There's a big post about it on the front page.


It seems that they are not currently planning to change anything at the moment but the development process.

[marasca.livejournal.com]

Looks good, better than I'd hoped. Though I admit a lot of stuff in that post looks a lot like what we were told when we were bought out by Big Brother...

We feel that there's a lot of synergy between our two companies and we both benefit from this relationship by bringing a lot of value-add to the table. By focusing on our core competencies we can continue to provide robust, turn-key, industry-leading solutions while also lowering Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to our valued clients.

Bwahahahaha! I get internal emails like this all the time. Nice to know that LJ isn't dealing with people who talk like that.

[thereject.livejournal.com]

You never know, I guess. I think ernunnos said it best in this post. We have something to worry about, but not just yet.