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March 30, 2008

Revision3 Acquired By Fox News, Says Kevin Rose

Michael Arrington

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Episode 143 of Diggnation: Hosts Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht announce the sale of Revision3 to Fox News at about the 2:05 mark. Rose says “Well, ah, we basically have a big announcement for everyone. Revision3 has been acquired by a bigger company. We’ll be moving to Fox News.” He added “I’m thinking of getting a fox tattoo, its kinda part of my signing bonus, if i do it i get a little extra money.”

It’s an early (very early) April Fool’s joke, of course. Jump to the 3:45 mark. They are clearly playing off a story from two weeks ago, spread quickly via a credulous Robert Scoble Twitter message, that CNET had acquired Revision3 for $58 million.

The company was founded in April 2005 and has raised $9 million in funding.

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  1. Michael

    March 30th, 2008 at 12:48 am

    congrats !

  2. Michael

    March 30th, 2008 at 12:50 am

    for that good try ;)

  3. Danny

    March 30th, 2008 at 12:51 am

    I have to say this had me for a bit when I was watching last night, but the second Alex said he would be moving to the mac the massive penny dropped.

  4. Ben Metcalfe

    March 30th, 2008 at 12:52 am

    April Fools… on March 30th???? Fool on them, no?

  5. EJ Fox

    March 30th, 2008 at 12:53 am

    An excellent joke- too bad Alex couldn’t keep a straight face for more than a second though.

  6. Ryan Waggoner

    March 30th, 2008 at 12:53 am

    Seems early for a Revision3 sale, but I expect Digg to be announcing something in the next six months…I’m not sure they know where to go from here other than sell it.

    The quality of the Digg community has dropped dramatically in the last 12 months and continues to spiral downwards. I guess that’s the price of a bigger audience…you end up catering to the lowest common denominator. Just look at the comments on any popular youtube video. Unbelievable.

  7. Sunil

    March 30th, 2008 at 12:54 am

    April Fool Joke

  8. Christopher Sisk

    March 30th, 2008 at 1:03 am

    Now, how many people will jump based on the title of your post alone?

  9. DaveS

    March 30th, 2008 at 1:03 am

    Complete BS. Revision3 is worth the salary of those two guys… not a penny more.

  10. JeromeG

    March 30th, 2008 at 1:15 am

    Fox? Of all the companies hah. They could try better next time.

  11. Rajiv Singh

    March 30th, 2008 at 1:20 am

    Rose is a douchebag.

  12. MrCashyCash

    March 30th, 2008 at 1:27 am

    DanceJam & now this crappy writing?…

  13. CARversation.com

    March 30th, 2008 at 2:01 am

    BSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs

  14. pdr tools

    March 30th, 2008 at 2:20 am

    funny, yet predictable

  15. Ya

    March 30th, 2008 at 2:47 am

    wow the guy on the left is a huge doush

  16. diystartupnews.com

    March 30th, 2008 at 4:20 am

    I can’t believe you actually watch this crap. its like dumb and dumber Dude!

  17. xowanna010playxo@gmail.com,

    March 30th, 2008 at 5:09 am

    You do cover some rubbish don’t you mike ? , perhaps you should leave the reporting to the other writers. As all you seem to write about is rubbish.

    Seriously , this article is sooo funny and really fooled me NOT.

  18. Jason Jenkins

    March 30th, 2008 at 5:36 am

    I completely agree with number 9!! Why is the tech industry so “IN LOVE” with Digg and Kevin Rose. Silicon Valley is turning into traditional radio and TV in the sense that they are trying to create a few tech stars and leave everyone else out in the cold.. I cant believe how the industry just pushes revision3 like its the second coming. I know several ONLINE content providers that were creating and distributing content YEARS before Revision 3 was even thought of. They have 9million in funding and that is the best they can do!!! Abstract10.com has been around for a decade creating content with our own money, but all you hear about is Kevin Rose and Digg. This is starting to show the pure racism in Silicon Valley. How come I never ever ever see any write ups about minority (black) owned tech companies getting funded or acquired.. maybe everyone is too busy riding Kevin Rose’s jock strap..!

  19. shamess

    March 30th, 2008 at 5:58 am

    You have no idea how scared I was when I saw this headline in my RSS feed.

  20. Jeff McCord

    March 30th, 2008 at 6:32 am

    Damn you TechCrunch. I watched the first 2 minutes of this and my heart sank.

    FOX NEWS??? ugh!!! Screw that…. I would be a EX Revision 3 fan….

    But alas, they got me… [blank stare]. THANK GOD it’s an April’s Fool Joke! A$$es!!!

    http://www.jeffmccord.org

  21. xowanna010playxo@gmail.com,

    March 30th, 2008 at 7:33 am

    yeh MIKE , lets see you write about minority startups every once in a while. Don’t go telling me that there arent any Black, Asian or non white netrepreneurs

  22. Sarah Meyers

    March 30th, 2008 at 7:35 am

    It’s too early for April Fools!

    Why do they talk about acquisition so much?

  23. MadMax3000

    March 30th, 2008 at 7:36 am

    Y’all got me! I thought it was for real… Even after they said april fool I was a little bit skeptical…. Yes I know Fox news was odd, but hey … if the money is there they can follow. And I was just about to stop watching diggnation because I know it was going to be Fox’s style.

    But hey, Good one!

    http://www.givemebeats.com/

  24. lawrence

    March 30th, 2008 at 7:56 am

    early indeed - at least wait till the 31st to pull off an april fool’s joke

  25. big

    March 30th, 2008 at 8:11 am

    interest

  26. DJ Big Daddy

    March 30th, 2008 at 8:42 am

    Wow there is a lot of hate towards Kevin on this one. This was a pretty decent but obvious april fools joke. I think they did it early because if it was the day of then who would have believed it for a second.

  27. bob cobb

    March 30th, 2008 at 9:23 am

    I liked the jawbone ad at the end of that episode. I dont really need a headset, but Id probably get one after seeing that ad if I wanted one

  28. HmmConvenient

    March 30th, 2008 at 10:01 am

    Kevin Rose makes an April Fools joke and this is top news? I’m confused, is the news part that
    Rev3 may have been sold or that Kevin Rose is a human with a sense of humor?

  29. Caramelhoneys

    March 30th, 2008 at 10:28 am

    Had never heard of Revision3 networks…checked it out..not bad. A niche net network(lets call it a NNN play). You have to ask yourself, can this type of offering be successful? Because it’s a NNN play it doesnt really appeal 2 the masses..if it doesnt appeal 2 the masses how can it generate any revenue?

  30. mobilekick.com

    March 30th, 2008 at 11:31 am

    lol it’s just letters bro.

  31. Skeptical Dude

    March 30th, 2008 at 11:36 am

    I’m glad this is a joke.

    Faux News = Neocon Propaganda.

  32. Don Wilson

    March 30th, 2008 at 11:59 am

    The level of stupidity in the comments worries me about the readers of TechCrunch. I thought we might be slightly smarter than the typical digg crowd with their highly original “Faux News” and calls of “Neocon Propaganda”. They can’t seem to wrap their heads around why CNN and MSNBC lose out to viewership count every night to Fox News.

  33. Mike Gleason

    March 30th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    Dump indeed!

  34. Leonard Libitz

    March 30th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    meh…

  35. Erick

    March 30th, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    @Skeptical Dude

    Hey dillwad. Fox News is 90% editorial. It just so happens you don’t like their editorials. Get over it.

  36. dave mcclure

    March 30th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    here’s to Fair & Balanced… drinking.

  37. Richie

    March 30th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    Ka-ching! Ka-ching!
    Congrats to Revision3!

  38. Sarah Meyers

    March 30th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    I’ll admit they had me fooled for a second, but I semi doubted it was true. The next rumor should be that they sell Best Buy.

  39. Sabeur

    March 30th, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    Why hate, just because Kevin is better than you - although other shows like the GigaOm are just plain crap and i go sleep and hit the big red button.

    http://nekrif.com

  40. Me

    March 30th, 2008 at 7:06 pm

    I would laugh if it actully happened

  41. Takashi

    March 31st, 2008 at 6:27 am

    lol @ episode 143…

  42. jack

    April 2nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    I cannot believe all of you babies who are crying and whining about the possibility that Fox News would acquire Revision3. You are like a bunch of 5 year olds. Grow up already. I’m guessing that you’re all from San Fransisco.

    And BTW, the first indication that this as a joke was the fact that they said Fox News and not News Corp (or Fox Interactive Media). Fox News would not acquire anybody.

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