Wikio
Wikio and Trigami: the 7th merger in the last 18 months…
Recently, Wikio has been picking up the pace. The European media group merged with Nomao and Overblog in the fall of 2010 and hasn’t been been slowing down since. Rumors…
Hey Google, Wikio CEO says he's not scared of your little Panda
By now, most of you have probably heard of Wikio. The Luxemburg-based media group first started making headlines when it merged with French blogging platform, Overblog, back in September. The…
Wikio rumored to be closing an 8-figure investment round, on its way to becoming Euro internet champ
Yeah, this round of funding is huger than huge. Well, at least for Europe. And while it may be nowhere near Groupon’s, like, billion-dollar-round, it is definitely amongst the bigger deals…
Wikio Groupe Closing Huge Round To Become The Long-Awaited European Internet Star
Yeah, this round of funding is huger than huge. Well, at least for Europe. And while it may be nowhere near Groupon’s, like, billion-dollar-round, it is definitely amongst the bigger deals…
Overblog marries Wikio to breed a European Google News for blogs
A trusted source has confirmed that French-blogging platform, Overblog, will soon be part of the Wikio family. Rumor has it that the growing Luxembourg-based news portal is apparently trying to…
Overblog and Wikio Just Married. Pregnant with a European Google News for Blogs.
A trusted source has confirmed that French-blogging platform, Overblog, will soon be part of the Wikio family. Rumor has it that the growing Luxembourg-based news portal is apparently trying to…
Ebuzzing, the sponsored content platform for bloggers, launches in the UK
Ebuzzing, the European “video and sponsored content ad platform”, officially launches in the UK today. The service, which has a slightly checkered history based on its original pay per-post model,…
Wikio merges with Ebuzzing – cue controversy
[France] Wikio has announced on its blog (in French) that Ebuzzing has joined the “Wikio communication group”. You’ve probably heard of Wikio – you know, a kind’ve competitor to Digg…
Sweden's Twingly To Launch Europe-Focused Blog Search Engine
At first glance, blog search as a category is oversaturated. Ok, at second glance, too. Not only did Google enter the market directly in late 2005, they’ve also increased the…
Europe's Digg Killer Raises €4 million
Luxembourg-based Wikio, Europe’s best hope against Digg, Google News and Technorati (it is sort of a mashup of all three), has closed a €4 million ($5.3 million) Series A round…
Wikio Launches Digg-Like Site For U.S., Germany, And Spain
Wikio, a user-contributed news company, launched Wikio.com, Wikio.de, and Wikio.es at the LeWeb3 conference in Paris today. The three new sites are aimed at the US, Germany, and Spain, respectively.…
Will Wikio challenge Google News and Technorati?
Wikio, a Switzerland based company, was released in private Beta yesterday night (in French). It is one of the most ambitious web launches born in Europe this year. Pierre Chappaz…