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Interview with the $15 Million Blogger
Friday, we reported on Bankaholic, a blog written by Johns Wu, being sold for $15 million to BankRate.
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Gawker Lays Off Staff & Brags About It!
I'm going to be blunt here. The press coverage of the Gawker layoff memo is facinating in that they believe everything they are told and then proudly write about it! Isn't it a bit curious that Nick is predicting doom and gloom while his sales are way up from last year and then encourages his writers to write articles on this news?
Friendster Gets Friendly with Facebook
Friendster announced today that it is now supporting both Facebook and Opensocial apps. Integration with these has now become part of the Friendster Developer Program, though they've been supporting OpenSocial since August.
Facebook Shares to Be Sold in Less Than a Month
Back in August, information surfaced indicating that Facebook would begin allowing its employees to sell some of their shares in the company this fall. Now, a date has been set for this to begin, and that date is the 1st of November.
Google Was Almost on TV
Google is straying from its old ways and moving more toward traditional advertising methods, says the Wall Street Journal. We're not seeing Google commercials on TV yet, but could that be on the horizon?Apparently, Google employees had plans of slipping a Google ad in during the Olympics, but Sergey and Larry weren't having it, because such an ad wouldn't "fit the company's image." WSJ reports:
Online Health Sites Announce Merger
Online health sites Waterfront Media and Revolution Health Network have reached an agreement to merge and will pose a potential threat to WebMD's top position in the health care category.
