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Is GigaOM Buying paidContent?

Peter Kafka in Media on February 6 at 3:39 am PT

Om Malik won’t say. But we should find out soon.

For Sale: Inside.com, Barely Used

Peter Kafka in Media on November 4, 2010 at 11:52 am PT

Psst. Wanna buy a cool Web address? Guardian Media has one for sale. The British publisher is peddling the “Inside.com” domain name, people familiar with the company tell me. Asking price, I’m told, is something north of $100,000.

Exclusive: PaidContent Founder Ali to Depart Pioneering Digital News Site

Peter Kafka in Media on May 21, 2010 at 8:37 am PT

PaidContent’s Rafat Ali, who turned a one-man Web site into a must-read hub for digital media news, is leaving the company he founded eight years ago. Sources said Ali has told co-workers he will leave the company in early July, which will be two years after he sold ContentNext, PaidContent’s parent company, to the London-based Guardian Media group. He didn’t tell staff what he intends to do next.

Another Sign of Start-Up Optimism: Legendary VC Alan Patricof Raises a New Fund (Finally!)

Peter Kafka in Media on February 3, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Venture capital firms are getting hammered, but a select few have been able to raise more money to start new funds. Today’s example: Greycroft’s Alan Patricof, whose new fund required much more work than he expected, but is just about done now.

Celeb Editor Bonnie Fuller Speaks!

Kara Swisher in News on July 24, 2008 at 12:18 pm PT

Yesterday, BoomTown was hanging in Hollywood at ContentNext’s EconCeleb’s conference, where I did an onstage Q&A with legendary editor Bonnie Fuller about the massive impact of the Internet on celebrity journalism. With its instant ability to deliver news, video and more, sites like TMZ, PerezHilton, The Superficial and Yahoo’s omg! have become massive drivers of traffic on the Internet and–despite the saturation–the arena is still growing fast, especially among women users.

Top 10 Online Geekiest Celebrities

Kara Swisher in News on July 23, 2008 at 3:58 pm PT

At its EconCeleb conference in Hollywood today, ContentNext released its list of the most influential and innovative of online celebrities today. It is an interesting and varied list, that includes every one from powerhouse Oprah (pictured here, of course!) to the bisexual sprite, Tila Tequila.

PaidContent's Rafat Ali Speaks! So, Here's Who's Next…

Kara Swisher in News on July 11, 2008 at 7:41 pm PT

Earlier today, BoomTown broke the stunning-for-blogs news that ContentNext, owner of the popular online digital media news site paidContent, was being bought by the Guardian Media Group for about $30 million in an earn-out acquisition. But the deal–which comes after the mid-May sale of Ars Technica to Condé Nast for a reported $25 million–begs the question of which tech blog might be next to be acquired. And, after much noisy poking around today, BoomTown is giving the nod to one of the sector’s larger and splashier sites: TechCrunch.

Guardian Media Group Buys paidContent for $30 Million

Kara Swisher in News on July 11, 2008 at 1:14 am PT

In what will be yet another new media coup, sources tell BoomTown that Britain’s Guardian Media Group will announce this morning that it will buy the digital media news site paidContent for a price “north of $30 million.”