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Engadget, Gdgt Veterans Peter Rojas and Ryan Block Get New Titles at AOL

in News on July 19, 2013 at 12:26 pm PT

AOL has found new jobs for Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. The two former Engadget editors, who went on to create the tech startup Gdgt, and then sold the company to AOL earlier this year, have become AOL’s VP of strategy and VP of product.

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Big Blog Bet, Round 2! Tiger Global Puts $50 Million Into WordPress.

in News on May 24, 2013 at 8:16 am PT

It’s a big week for blogs: Tiger Global Management has invested $50 million in Automattic, the parent company of blogging platform WordPress.com. Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg said Tiger is buying the shares from early investors and employees, but said the sellers will hold on to “the vast majority” of their Automattic holdings. The announcement comes days after Yahoo’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr (CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that Tiger Global was associated with Tiger Management founder Julian Robertson).

The Most Important Person at Gawker Media Not Named Nick Denton Is Leaving

in Media on March 5, 2013 at 3:00 am PT

Gaby Darbyshire, Gawker’s chief grownup, operating officer and everything else, heads out.

Pop Culture Web Publisher BuzzMedia Lays Off 20 Percent of Staff, Restructures

in Media on February 28, 2013 at 6:10 am PT

The company behind sites like Spin and Idolator lets go of 50 people, plans to hire 25 others.

Tumblr Finally Gets Serious About Ads — By Hiring Someone to Sell Ads

in Media on September 6, 2012 at 1:38 pm PT

Tumblr, which had long resisted ads, finally brings in a big sales guy: Groupon and Yahoo vet Lee Brown.

The Rest of MOG Finds a Home: Radio Chain Townsquare Buys Ad Network

in Media on August 23, 2012 at 12:39 pm PT

The music start-up’s story ends with a $10 million sale.

Say Media Raises $27 Million and Gets Ready to Start Shopping

in Media on July 19, 2012 at 6:12 am PT

Have a Web site you’d like to sell? Matt Sanchez may be interested.

WordPress, Tumblr and Facebook: Threading Social Through the Blogosphere

in Social on June 12, 2012 at 4:01 pm PT

As blogging platforms mature, social becomes a key element in success.

Is GigaOM Buying paidContent?

in Media on February 6, 2012 at 3:39 am PT

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

BuzzFeed Bulks Up Again, With a Tech Section Run by Gizmodo’s Matt Buchanan

in Media on January 30, 2012 at 4:18 pm PT

Another well-known writer for a site that used to specialize in other people’s writing. This one says he’ll write about “tech for humans.”

Twitter Hires Google Vet Karen Wickre as Editorial Director

in Social, October 25, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Why Fortune's Apple Story is AWOL from the Web–And Why You Can Buy It on Amazon

in Media, May 9, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

The Bull Case for Demand Media–And Why Wall Street May Not Buy It

in Media, April 29, 2011 at 11:25 am PT

I Do… Want Some Magnum Ice Cream. (Really?)

in Media, April 29, 2011 at 5:10 am PT

A Year After Twitter's Cold Shoulder, Twitter Ad Shop 140 Proof Says It's Doing Great

in Media, April 28, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Yet Another Blogger Weighs In On Barack Obama's Birth Certificate–The White House

Sad Chart Of the Day: American Web Surfers Care More Than Brits About Royal Wedding

in Media, April 25, 2011 at 12:24 pm PT

RealNetworks' Rinse Offers a Tune-Up For iTunes

in Media, April 25, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

Google's Data Shows Hollywood's Headache: Netflix Searches Booming, DVDs Fading Away

in Media, April 22, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

One Difference Between Apple's Music Locker and Amazon's: Label Deals

in Media, April 21, 2011 at 2:31 pm PT

Another Big Media Aggregator: Washington Post Unveils "Trove"

in Media, April 20, 2011 at 5:52 am PT

News.me, the iPad News Aggregator Blessed by Big Publishers, Gets Ready to Launch

in Media, April 19, 2011 at 9:23 pm PT

TicketFly Raises Another $12 Million

Like the Blog? Buy the E-Book! Chris Dixon For Sale, Via Kindle

Hey! What Happened To TweetDeck's UberMedia Deal?

in Media, April 18, 2011 at 8:19 pm PT