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Six Apart acquires Apperceptive

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Six Apart has debuted a host of social media services that complement its pioneering technology offerings and respond to the explosive growth of blogging into a mainstream communications technology. The company’s new services provide advertising, design, implementation, custom development and site optimization to bloggers and companies of all sizes.

To power this evolution of the company, Six Apart has acquired Apperceptive, LLC., the agency for designing and implementing social media communities, and established an office in New York City. Since its inception two years ago, Apperceptive has worked with Six Apart to build and expand blog-based web publishing communities for leading properties such as The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, BoingBoing, Major League Baseball, iVillage, Gothamist, Serious Eats, and more.

Originally posted on April 21, 2008 @ 4:55 am

BlogCatalog.com adds JargonFish blog tool

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jargon.pngJargonFish announced a new partnership with BlogCatalog.com to offer the JargonFish widget to BlogCatalog members.

JargonFish is a free, customizable blog tool that BlogCatalog members can add to their blog or website. The JargonFish application adds depth and value to the blogger’s content and can be customized for each individual blog to maximize its effectiveness and appeal for each blogger’s unique audience.

The JargonFish application highlights keywords that the blogger selects. When visitors click on those uniquely highlighted keywords, a small JargonFish window launches providing the visitor with a variety of helpful resources related to that keyword, including related blog posts from BlogCatalog members and contextually relevant content from leading content providers across the Internet. The customizable features that JargonFish offers allows BlogCatalog members to modify the colors of the widget and select the content that best relates to their readers.

Originally posted on April 7, 2008 @ 1:04 pm

Buzznet acquires influential music blog Stereogum

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Buzznet, the social music community announced that it has completed the acquisition of the acclaimed music blog Stereogum. Already the top destination for pop-punk and alternative rock fans and artists, the deal complements Buzznet’s further expansion into additional music genres and represents its ongoing commitment to deliver the best music commentary and an unparalleled social music experience.

Originally posted on April 4, 2008 @ 10:37 pm

Americantowns.com expands town-based offering to include community bloggers

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AmericanTowns.com has invited town residents across the country to recommend their favorite “community blogs,” or to start their own blog about the goings-on in their town. AmericanTowns staff will review the suggestions, and add the best to its network of “community webspaces” which AmericanTowns operates for each town in America.

Criteria for a blog’s inclusion in AmericanTowns.com will be: relevance to the local community; up-to-date postings; and pro-community orientation. Suggestions can be submitted by going to AmericanTowns.com, inserting a zip code or town name, and, from the resulting town homepage, clicking on any “suggestion” button.

AmericanTowns already provides each town in the U.S. with its own “community webspace,” each rich with “everything local” — local events, local groups, news and announcements, maps, videos, on-line resources and local services – while enabling community residents to add to or edit this content.

Originally posted on April 2, 2008 @ 6:25 am

Top wine blogs honored at American Wine Blog Awards

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wine.pngVoting in the 2nd annual American Wine Blog Awards is now underway with 24 wine blogs from across the globe up for consideration in 8 different categories. With the number of wine blogs on the Internet having expanded to upwards of 700-plus, the American Wine Blog Awards provides a glimpse into the best of the best of an expanding universe of wine information on the web.

The award categories include Best Overall Wine Blog, Best Wine Blog Writing, Best Wine Reviewing Blog, Best Single-Subject Wine Blog, Best Graphics on a Wine Blog, Best Winery Blog, Best Wine Business Blog and Best Wine Podcast or VideoBlog.

Originally posted on March 24, 2008 @ 11:29 am