Comments on: AOL Acquires Weblogs, Inc.

By: AOL Newsroom Now Has (Wow) 1,500 Writers - BlogAngle

AOL Newsroom Now Has (Wow) 1,500 Writers - BlogAngle — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:01:24 +0000

[...] foundation for this strategy is already firmly in place, and has been since AOL acquired Weblogs, Inc. in 2005 for $25 million or so (that was three AOL CEO’s ago, when Jonathan Miller was running [...]

By: AOL Newsroom Now Has (Wow) 1,500 Writers | Design Website Blog

AOL Newsroom Now Has (Wow) 1,500 Writers | Design Website Blog — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:02:43 +0000

By: AOL Newsroom Now Has (Wow) 1,500 Writers | Stoth

AOL Newsroom Now Has (Wow) 1,500 Writers | Stoth — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:42:51 +0000

By: Weblogs, Inc. Three Years Later: Impressive Page View And Revenue Growth

Weblogs, Inc. Three Years Later: Impressive Page View And Revenue Growth — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:07:21 +0000

[...] Earlier this month News Corp. celebrated the three year anniversary of the acquisition of MySpace. Today, AOL does the same for the Weblogs, Inc. blog network they acquired in October 2005. [...]

By: HipMojo.com » Jason Calacanis’ Three Year Non-Compete After AOL/Weblogs Sale?

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:36:05 +0000

[...] AOL bought Weblogs in early October [...]

By: En av pionjärerna vänder bloggen ryggen | Same same but different

En av pionjärerna vänder bloggen ryggen | Same same but different — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:12:41 +0000

[...] pionjärer med sitt Weblogs Inc (bland annat Engadget, DIYlife, Autoblog och många fler), vilket såldes redan 2005 till AOL. Numera är han VD för Mahalo, och han har valt att pensionera sig från [...]

By: Startup Meme » Blog Archive » Paid Content gets Acquired by Guardian Media Group for $30 million

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:46:26 +0000

[...] Inc, a network of blogs founded by Jason Calacanis for $20 – $35 million. But Weblogs Inc was sold back in 2005, when a few people knew about the power of this medium of publishing. So Paid Content’s [...]

By: Weblogs, Inc. Co-Founder Brian Alvey To Launch Crowd Fusion

Weblogs, Inc. Co-Founder Brian Alvey To Launch Crowd Fusion — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:32:27 +0000

[...] Week and TV Guide. He was also the architect of Weblogs, Inc. and their associated CMS, Blogsmith. AOL acquired Weblogs, Inc. in October [...]

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » TechCrunchはドリームチームを目指す―われわれがベンチャー資金を入れない理由

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » TechCrunchはドリームチームを目指す―われわれがベンチャー資金を入れない理由 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:27:18 +0000

[...] Incが2004年に30万ドルを調達しているが、それを使う前にAOLによって推定$25（2500万ドル）で買収されている。投資家のMark [...]

By: More Bloggers Raising Money. Here Come The Politics. And Here Comes My Rant.

More Bloggers Raising Money. Here Come The Politics. And Here Comes My Rant. — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:03:03 +0000

[...] raised around $300,000 in 2004, but before they got around to spending it they had sold themselves to AOL for an estimated $25 million. The investors, including Mark Cuban, received 15x on their initial [...]

By: Does Blogging Make Money? | Business Opportunities And Ideas

Does Blogging Make Money? | Business Opportunities And Ideas — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:59:49 +0000

[...] I’ve heard you can make money blogging, so as a blogger can you tell me, does blogging make you any money? Unfortunately like many Internet business ideas blogging is often presented as a way to “get rich quick”, don’t be fooled it’s not a quick route to riches beyond your wildest dreams. On the other hand you can make a lot of money blogging, there are several well known bloggers that make a six figure income. Perhaps, most famously of all one of the early blog networks, Weblogs Inc was sold to AOL for a rumoured $25 million. [...]

By: Comcast Acquires BuddyTV

Comcast Acquires BuddyTV — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:12:56 +0000

[...] that fits more in the blogging acquisition space, placing the deal alongside the acquisitions of Weblogs Inc and more recently TreeHugger. Certainly BuddyTV’s mix of paid writers/ bloggers and user [...]

By: » Making $1,000/Day From A Blog » Blog Archive David Pitlyuk

» Making $1,000/Day From A Blog » Blog Archive David Pitlyuk — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:23:45 +0000

[...] for many years, John Chow, made over $7,000 last month alone from his personal blog. Weblogs got bought out by AOL about 1.5 years ago for over $20 million. There is money to be made in the blogosphere [...]

By: Let The Eagle Soar: Behind The RedState Acquisition at Blog P.I.

Let The Eagle Soar: Behind The RedState Acquisition at Blog P.I. — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:56:11 +0000

[...] Yet now, Eagle’s resources enable RedState to do move in new directions. More than just a wannabe Daily Kos, by now it’s in a new category: a reciprocal relationship between new media and old. This kind of thing is not entirely new — AOL paid Jason Calacanis some $25 million for Weblogs, Inc., while the New York Times Co foolishly plopped down more than $400 million for About.com — but those have more in common with dot com-era gambles rather than synchronistic strategic acquirements. [...]

By: Jason Calacanis Says Adios to AOL » JenIT

Jason Calacanis Says Adios to AOL » JenIT — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:01:06 +0000

[...] We just heard from a source that Jason Calacanis has resigned from AOL. Jason joined AOL just over a year ago when his startup, Weblogs, Inc., was acquired. Most recently, he took over management of Netscape, which relaunched earlier this year as a Digg-like news portal. [...]

By: Jason Calacanis Says Adios to AOL

Jason Calacanis Says Adios to AOL — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:57:27 +0000

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 「AOLよ、サラバじゃ」～Jason Calacanis

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 「AOLよ、サラバじゃ」～Jason Calacanis — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:15:08 +0000

[...] 今さっき入った情報によると、あのJason CalacanisがAOLを辞めたようだ。JasonがAOLに入ったのは1年ちょっと前、自分で立ち上げた会社Weblogs, Inc.がAOLに買収された時だ。今年はじめDigg風ニュースポータルとして再スタートを切ったNetscapeの総責任者に就任したのも、つい最近のはなし。 [...]

By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Jason Calacanis Resigns From AOL

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Jason Calacanis Resigns From AOL — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:49:32 +0000

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Sequoia、ブログネットワークのSugar Publishingに出資

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Sequoia、ブログネットワークのSugar Publishingに出資 — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:04:16 +0000

[...] ブログネットワークは今ホットな投資先だ。特に、従来からの(経費のかかる)ニュースサイトからトラフィックを奪い続けるようになってから。少なくとも3つのブログネットワーク(GigaOm、PaidContent、B5 Media)がベンチャー資金を集めているが、おそらく全部を合わせても規模は今回のSequoiaのラウンドには及ばないだろう。ブログネットワークを最初に現金化したのはWeblogs, Inc.で、2005年にAOLに売っている。 [...]

By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Sequoia Invests in Blog Network Team Sugar

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Sequoia Invests in Blog Network Team Sugar — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:15:19 +0000

[...] Blog networks are hot investments right now, particularly as they continue to take traffic from established (and high-overhead) news websites. At least three blog networks have raised venture financing (GigaOm, PaidContent and B5 Media), although the size of those investments combined is probably less than this Sequoia-backed round. Weblogs, Inc. was the first blog network to have a liquidity event, selling to AOL in 2005. [...]

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By: David Henderson’s Blog » Blog Archive » Yahoo Purchases del.icio.us and continues to kill Innovation - is this Web 2.0?

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:17:19 +0000

[...] Yahoo acquires del.icio.us. Yahoo acquires Flickr. AOL acquires Weblogs Inc. So is this what Web 2.0 is suppose to be all about – develop a Web 2.0 app/service/beta, generated some buzz, sign up some users, sellout early and get rich – no VCs required? [...]

By: TechCrunch » Is the Gawker-Yahoo Deal Important?

TechCrunch » Is the Gawker-Yahoo Deal Important? — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 04:30:12 +0000

[...] But what Yahoo is noticeably not doing is acquiring Gawker, like AOL did with Weblogs, Inc.. That means liquidity events for bloggers are limited – the GYMs (Google-Yahoo-Microsoft) are not yet in content buying moods. [...]

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:49:53 +0000

Edward, There are two things you can do.

1. Purchase your own domain name and redirect it to your blog. Let people on your blog know about the new domain name as the best way to find your blog.

2. Start using feedburner to redirect your RSS readers. If you change blogs, you can very easily update the new RSS information at Feedburner and your readers will not have to change anything.

These two steps will ensure that you can seemlessly change platforms without losing readers.

By: Edward R Cole

Edward R Cole — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:45:04 +0000

do you have any advice for those of us who are stuck in MSN Spaces, and do not wnat to transfer their blog because of fear of losing the readership that they have come to accumulate.

Thnaks in Advance,
Russell Cole