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Aol kauft Weblogs Inc.

Donnerstag, 06. Okt 2005 (19:17) gsyi

Weblogs Inc., ein hochqualitatives, amerikanisches Blog-Netzwerk, gegründet vom Jason Calacanis und Brian Alvey, soll laut paidcontent bereits vom AOL aufgekauft worden sein. Laut paidContent.org ist der Deal bereits abgeschlossen und wird im Laufe dieser Woche angekündigt, was Darren Rowse in einer Post auch bestätigte:

* AOL is acquiring Weblogs Inc
* WIN are selling to increase the resources that they couldn’t provide otherwise (offices, technology, people, infrastructure) as well as extra traffic.
* AOL are moving to an ad based model which fits with WIN.
* Nothing is changing - Brian, Jason and the same management will continue to run WIN as an independently operated AOL company
* WIN headlines will start appearing on AOL home page, netscape, AIM etc
* Bloggers will need to sign a new contract shortly
* The new contract will allow bloggers to own their own content for offline use
* The contract will contain other features yet to be announced that are favorable to bloggers
* Blogging will continue as per usual
* There is no increase in pay mentioned but allusions to more money in the network due to the deal
* There is mention of AOL getting into video content and WIN playing a part in this

Die Reaktionen der Weblogs Inc. Blogger sind positiv.

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