The deepest coverage of the Web 2.0 Summit isn't by Forbes, it's by Valleywag. Maybe it's not the deepest, but it is the most colorful.
I heard from several people yesterday afternoon that Valleywag broke the news of AOL buying Blogsmith. I didn't know if it was a friendly post or a mean one so I didn't know whether to thank the little bearded guy who runs Valleywag or curse him. I expected to read that "entrepreneur Calacanis sold another company to AOL," but they had a different spin on the deal. I still think they should have worked in that thing where I own Web 2.0 Summit host John Battelle's domain name.
One correction: Blogsmith has always been a separate company. So Weblogs, Inc. didn't sell anything to AOL, Blogsmith did. AOL acquired Weblogs over a year ago. It would be odd if Weblogs sold them something new today.
Wag on.
[More information on Blogsmith and AOL is here.]
Brian Alvey
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Too much Valley and not enough wag
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Michelle 1220 days ago
Poor Gordon. Maybe he should learn his lesson and not work with Jason anymore, oh wait, too late.
Melanie 1220 days ago
Congratuations on the sale of Blogsmith. I hear it is the best blogging platform out there. Can't wait to use it.
Glenn Hauman 1220 days ago
Sounds cool. So now what are you going to do?
Brian Alvey 1219 days ago
Run Blogsmith. Run Weblogs.
Take them wherever AOL wants me to take them.
Blog. Catch up on television. Exercise.
Hang out with old friends.
Niki Alvey 1219 days ago
Hmmm, somehow I don't think that is the answer Glenn was looking for :).
Gordon Gould 1219 days ago
I just want to address Michelle's comment above: both Jason and Brian are both friends and people I would feel very comfortable about doing business in the future. This deal is a great deal and Brian is the one who really made it happen. Congrats to Brian!
Brian Alvey 1218 days ago
Hey! No one ever said Gordon had a problem with ME, but yeah everyone's friendly here. ;-)
John Blunden 1210 days ago
That's a smart move by AOL. Blogsmith is one of the best blogging hosts. They acquired something that was already loaded with loyal users. So what's next for AOL? Oh...and what's next for weblogs?!