Peter Kafka in Social on March 20 at 5:00 am PT
There are plenty of places on the Web to network, job-hunt and look for career advice. Caroline Ghosn and Amanda Pouchot explain why their new site is different.
Kara Swisher in Media on September 20, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT
Ning, which
AllThingsD had reported was on the block earlier this summer, has been sold.
Kara Swisher in Social on August 2, 2011 at 11:08 am PT
Ning — the high-profile social networking platform co-founded by Silicon Valley investor and icon Marc Andreessen — is for sale, said sources.
News Byte
Liz Gannes in Social on June 15, 2011 at 9:56 am PT
Ning, the social network creator, turned off its ad-supported version and
went all-premium last year (plans cost $3 to $50 per month). Now, it is helping its customers recoup their costs by charging their members as well. Starting today, the company will offer four paid access tools: Membership fees, paid groups, premium content and donations.
Voices
Joe Light, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 15, 2011 at 5:30 am PT
This year, magazine publisher Hearst Corp. intends to add five software engineers to its mobile development staff. Social-networking company Ning Inc. plans to nearly double its mobile development team. And Web start-up Where Inc. is on track to double its mobile staff this year after quadrupling it in 2010.
Kara Swisher in News on February 28, 2011 at 6:56 pm PT
Yes, it’s actually called Mogwee, which was the codename for the new mobile social communications service being launched tonight by Ning, the high-profile social networking platform.
Part Twitter, part SMS, part Path and any number of such social start-ups, Mogwee actually stands for “more great weekends.”
Here is a video with Ning CEO Jason Rosenthal and Chairman Marc Andreessen talking Mogwee.
Kara Swisher in News on July 22, 2010 at 12:04 am PT
It’s nice to hear enthusiasm on the part of Linkin Park band member Mike Shinoda about an innovative-for-the-music-industry effort to give fans a chance to be part of the iconic Grammy-winning rock band.
While some artists or content creators cringe at the ongoing flood of user-generated material that has drastically changed the industry, Shinoda is hoping to find some real talent via a new online contest, called “Linkin Park, Featuring You,” that gives anyone an opportunity to collaborate with the band to produce an original song based on some of the tracks from the forthcoming single “The Catalyst.”
Kara Swisher in News on July 19, 2010 at 5:15 am PT
Last week, BoomTown moseyed on down to the Palo Alto, Calif. HQ of Ning–the high-profile social networking platform co-founded by Silicon Valley icon Marc Andreessen–to talk to CEO Jason Rosenthal about a dramatic shift in the start-up’s business plan tomorrow.
As in, go all-premium, trying to find a way to turn the start-up–which has raised $120 million in venture funding since its late 2004 founding–into a profitable enterprise.
Translation for Web 2.0: Profits are when you make more money than you spend.
Peter Kafka in Media on March 16, 2010 at 7:44 am PT
An interview with Ning’s new CEO makes it pretty clear that the company is about to change up its board of directors. What else is it up to?
Kara Swisher in News on March 15, 2010 at 8:01 am PT
Gina Bianchini, the high-profile CEO of social networking platform Ning, is stepping down and will become an executive in residence at the Andreessen Horowitz venture firm.
Bianchini founded Ning with well-known Silicon Valley iconic entrepreneur Marc Andreessen. She will be replaced at Ning by COO Jason Rosenthal.
Here is Ning Chairman Andreessen’s blog post about the move.
