Starts out with half of the San Francisco office personnel being laid off in one week, with no advance warning and no severance, including personnel like janinedog and chasethestars, who have always been nothing but kind and courteous and helpful to us here out of nothing but their love of all things LJ. There might be more detailed posts on this subject to come, as ( Read more... )

A post has been made about an article has been made on the recent Basic discontinuation by thies (post deleted by user). The article is here.

( Ad notable quotes. Which, come to think of it, is most of it, really )

Couple make the big time in blogs

Most of it is about Vox, Vox, Vox, because:This is a good and growing business that supports 150 employees, but it is not the break-out phenomenon that justified the fancy price paid for YouTube ( Read more... )

PC Magazine reviews both LiveJournal and Vox.

Notes the ad controversy, although it does (probably unintentionally, due to space and comprehension issues) underplay the amount of advertising that's been introduced to the service:Community is where LiveJournal truly shines, and though Vox has done an impressive job incorporating and improving upon ( Read more... )

anildash kindly corrects me on Vox having/not having communities in the future: "That being said, I'm not saying whether Vox will or won't have communities -- as far as I know, we haven't announced either way yet. My guess is we're going to just listen to the feedback people submit and judge by that, same as with everything else ( Read more... )

There’s Still Room for More and Better Social Networking: An Interview with SixApart’s Andrew Anker -- LJ advertising malcontents even get a short mention: "Some people felt burnt, though, when LiveJournal recently introduced sponsored communities and features." There's another post on TechCrunch about Vox's launch: Vox Lifts Off and You’ll Love ( Read more... )

News of this article comes from agentdanger on scienceofsuck here:

LiveJournal Opens Door to Advertisers

(You may also remember a previous Clickz.com interview, Questions for Six Apart's Ad Honcho, with pmmarcov.)

( Choice excerpts, including choice amounts of personal bitterness you probably do not want to witness )

News gleaned from a comment by beckyzoole.

Six Apart's Booming Blogosphere (BusinessWeek Online) -- Updated: 5:00 p.m. PT Sept 25, 2006

( Excerpts )

Six Apart has acquired the startup Rojo, an RSS feed reader service. The press release is here.

Summary: Estimates put the purchase at about $5 million, which if so would be a poor turn out for the venture capital investors who put in $3.5 million into the company. It seems to be more an acquiring of personnel than technology, as the press ( Read more... )

Team Vox has posted a video of Mena explaining why Six Apart made Vox.

Notably, Ted.com has the description:
Mena Trott is the 28-year-old founder of leading blog software company Six Apart (Creators of Typepad, Movable Type, LiveJournal and Vox). In this talk, she explores the personal side of blogging. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. ( Read more... )