Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

AOL Buying Up Blogs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-have-no-comment dept.

1%warren writes "The Register has posted a report on AOL's purchase of many of the more popular Blogs. It quotes an AOL executive as saying: 'You can't really put figures on this, but we think we have 78 per cent of the libertarian news blogs, and 91 per cent of the ClueTrain Manifesto fan sites.'" As happens with these things, I am not allowed to comment.

3 of 106 comments (clear)

  1. In related news... by wiredog · · Score: 4, Informative
    MetaFilter was said to be signing a merger agreement with Kuro5hin to pool content between the two sites. We'll bring you more news as soon as we hear it.

    The story.

    --

    Best Slashdot Co
  2. Actually April Fools is named because... by IIOIOOIOO · · Score: 2, Informative

    That was the old Christmas day, which was later changed by the church academics. It became named April Fools day after the people who refused to accept the Church's wisdom, and begin celebrating Christmas on the new "proper" day. Time to get my tree out of the closet...

  3. Re:It's not 1999 anymore.... by mbone · · Score: 2, Informative

    Today, AOL doesn't have any MONEY.