SixApart Sells LiveJournal to Russian Media Company

Posted by Zonk on Sunday December 2, 2007 @04:53PM from the new-boss-same-as-old-boss dept.

molrak writes "SixApart tonight announced the sale of journal/blogging service Livejournal to Russia-based SUP. Original LJ founder Brad Fitzpatrick has chimed in on the situation: 'This is pretty cool because - They're ridiculously excited about LiveJournal, and have been for awhile (they previous purchased advertising rights in Russia, but ended up doing a bunch of Russia-specific LJ development as well). They want to throw a lot of resources at LiveJournal in terms of product development and engineers. "LiveJournal.com, Inc." now stands alone again, focusing on nothing but LJ. Sounds like I'll have more LJ influence (via new role as advisory board member) than I've had recently.'"

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wow... LJ... by glassmusic · 2007-12-02 20:07 · Score: 0, Redundant

i havent been on LJ for years. just the name conjures up some memories of sitting at my moms house, using our first PC (Pentium II ill have you know!). man, i dont miss being fifteen. ps... has anyone written an 'in soviet russia, journal writes you!' joke yet? probably the first comment beyond my threshold... sorry, i couldnt help it.