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By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Squidoo

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Squidoo — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:39:43 +0000

[...] He showed me an example about espresso machines (Jason will be interested) that points to what its author thinks are the best links and posts to get you going on your quest. It’s the starting point. This could also be used for blogs; how many times have you come across a new blog and wondered what this person is really about? This is why Seth had some of us submit what we think are our essential posts. This becomes a lens to Buzzmachine that I create. And I suppose you could create one, too. [...]

By: CaNN :: We started it.

CaNN :: We started it. — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 13:48:29 +0000

[...] BUYING BLOGS & WeblogsInc: More …. (buzzmachine) [...]

By: Ron Mwangaguhunga

Ron Mwangaguhunga — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 19:21:19 +0000

I don’t think this news is a negative for Nick at all. AOL will do good by WebLogs Inc, driving up traffic, garnering ads, and generally drumming up interest for the idea of blogs as stand-alone business — and all this works to Nick Denton’s benefit, as he and Jason are “The two blog moguls,” (and, we suppose David Hauslaib should also be mentioned). As they used to say around Silicon Alley Reporter, “a rising tide lifts all ships.” And Nick, quite frankly, has got some prestige boats docked in the harbor.

By: the snob

the snob — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 13:12:20 +0000

How obvious that Web 2.0 leads to Bubble 2.0. For every dot-commer that sold out a little too soon in 1996-1999, there are ten Pointcasts that waited until everyone else figured out that they never really had a business model.

By: aoldude

aoldude — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 23:40:45 +0000

jason now has enough money to buy buzzmachine.

jeff and jason will start web 3.0 and make billions.

By: Tish G

Tish G — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:11:01 +0000

Jason selling to AOL is a case of “selling out to The Man.”

AOL still has the most costly dial-up service available.

AOL also has some netnanny type blocker stuff that, whether a user wants it or not, immedicately blocks not only access to information on AOL’s competitors, but also blocks everyone from searching for adult-oriented sites. It doesn’t know if you’re a bona fide adult with no children present, or if you’re a good family man looking for some jollies while the kiddies are napping…

I’m sure that, from this point on AOL will slowly find ways to censor what is being said on Weblogs, Inc. blogs. After all, it’s all about make all those folks at home feel safer about neglecting their children’s Internet activities.

However, had I known that he’d made 25 mil in one day, I might have introduced myself to him when we locked gazes at We Media. We smiled at each other, then were gone…oh, well…

By: Cameron Reilly

Cameron Reilly — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:44:10 +0000

Jason is insane.

A one-button espresso machine? You can’t get a good crema with one of those. You need to take your time, get a good quality group. Grind it with care. Pack the group. Come on McCabe.

By: Gavin’s Blog » AOL to buy leading blog company

Gavin’s Blog » AOL to buy leading blog company — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:39:55 +0000

[...] Ok ok, we all make mistakes. Anyway this is a very interesting development. Jeff Jarvis has alot more. [...]

By: Jay Currie

Jay Currie — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:24:20 +0000

The midway position between the big bling corporate buyout and the PJMedia/Blogads/Denton model is the one which saw Kevin Drum goe to The Washington Monthly.

Big media has tried turning its stars into bloggers. Didn’t work. It has tried to housetrain some blogger (MSNBC). Works fairly well.

The deal which makes the most sense however, is to buy the rights to reprint chunks of blogs or run RSS feeds, or both.

As most bloggers do it for nothing locking up the rights to reprint 5000 words a month would likely cost no more than a couple of hundred dollars a month. Now, even the lowliest opinion jockey in big media is making 60-120K a year for, say, three 700 word columns a week. Call it 2000 words or 8K a month. You can get the same or better from bloggers for $500.00 a month and have money left over to revamp your tech section, fashion, gossip, science and those pesky book reviews.

At some point MSM is going to twig to the huge value there is in bloggers for all manner of opinion journalism and niches. When that happens the marque columnists will begin to look very pricey indeed.

(And speaking of syndication – I am surprised no one has started a syndication service…hmm. I have extra webspace.)

By: hyku | blog - Josh Hallett

hyku | blog - Josh Hallett — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:34:48 +0000

Starting & Spreading Rumors: Josh Hallett of Hyku, Inc. in Talks with New York Times for Content Deal

There are ‘confirmed’ things such as the Weblogs, Inc./AOL deal and then the un-confirmed things like Dave Winer/Weblogs.com sale to Verisign, Gawker/News Corp. and then the SixApart/NewsCorp meme. What’s great is Nick Denton points to the source of…

By: Basic Thinking Blog » AOL hat zu viel Kohle: FÃ¼r 35 Mio Blognetzwerk gekauft

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:54:14 +0000

[...] Update, Jeff Jarvis packt einige interessante Aussagen von Jason von anno damals aus und zitiert auch dabei Nick Denton von Gawker (Konkurrenz von Weblogs Inc.), die kein “Massen”-Blognetzwerk, sondern ein “QualitÃ¤ts”-Blognetzwerk haben. Nick dazu: Whether weâ€™re for sale? No. Fucking. Way. And I can still say â€œFuckingâ€. Because weâ€™re not part of some soul-stifling media conglomerate. [...]

By: tony

tony — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:46:44 +0000

Nick, did you just call Gawker, Defamer, Fleshbot, Wonkette, and Spolid “classy”?

By: The Zero Boss

The Zero Boss — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:38:52 +0000

Sorry, Nick D., but I think that’s total crap. You think the readers of Gawker are more loyal than those of Engadget or TUAW or Blogging Baby? On what evidence do you base that?

It’s all about the bloggers. If the bloggers on a given blog are ambitious and are dedicated to interacting with their readership, they’ll build loyalty. If they’re not, they won’t. “Consolidation” is a bogeyman.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:34:21 +0000

“Because weâ€™re not part of some soul-stifling media conglomerate”

Nope, it’s now called Soul-Stifling-Media-Conglomerate 2.0!!

By: Nick Douglas

Nick Douglas — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:31:22 +0000

Nick’s disparaging the level of consolidation that reaches commodification. A WIN blog, he’s said, has as much branding as a Burger King. Gawker still builds strong specific brands. It gets more bang from each blog, and I’d bet its readership is more loyal.

While being classy may not directly help the bottom line, it builds a better “quality of life” for those involved.

By: tony

tony — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:43:39 +0000

consolidation – noun – A bringing together into a whole: coalition, unification, union, unity. See part/whole.

so does this mean that the head of Gawker Media plans to free Wonkette, Fleshbot, Sploid, Defamer et al because “consolidation defeats the purpose?”