I called Rich Skrenta at Topix.net a few minutes after I posted the rumor about them being acquired by Knight Ridder. Rich was kind enough to disclose the high level details (and I’ve been sweating out the embargo since… agony!):…

UPDATE: Rumor confirmed, my subsequent embargo ended. Full thoughts and details here. Just heard a second hand rumor (but from someone in-the-know) that Knight Ridder has acquired Topix.net. Given all the other acquisitions in the last week, and the fact…

If you’re a “product professional” (product management and/or marketing) and aren’t already familiar with Pragmatic Marketing, Inc., I suggest you swing over to their site and check them out. (In particular, download one of their seminar PDF’s so that you…

Mike Torres has an interesting spin on MSN Spaces’ positioning. As I noted in my original review as the Beta was in the process of rolling out (literally), Spaces is a very consumer spin on blogging. Mike says (emphasis mine):…

Plenty of people covering the Ask Jeeves acquisition and most of the sentiment seems to be supportive, but very cautious, given the fractured nature of both companies. Rafat at PaidContent says: “Some practical and conceptual problems with the deal: Barry…

UPDATE: Yahoo 360 Product Page here So, a day early due to leaks, early word is just coming out on Yahoo!’s new blog publishing tool. Codename? “Mingle”, an obvious tip of the hat to the integration of social networking functionality.…

It’s an amazing thing really. In almost no time, a small handful of women (or is that ‘chicks‘ ?) bloggers have taken a nugget and turned it into a national discussion (garnering a heck of a lot of links along…

Google seems to be under the false impression that it decides what ‘Do No Evil’ means. As it turns out, we do. First, Zeldman gave us a way to block Autolink. Now, witness Butler, a Firefox script (requires greasemonkey) that,…

Many outlets have been speculating about Yahoo!’s upcoming launch of YPN, and leaks abound. Here’s what we “know”: Yahoo! will offer a self-serve model for its Content Match contextual advertising service to micro-content publishers Here’s my speculation: Yahoo! will release…

David Sifry, CEO of Technorati, posts the first of a multi-part update on the State of The Blogosphere as of March 2005. Boiled down: lots of growth (doubling every 5 months — still) and lots of spam/link farming. I’ll be…