Six Apart to Buy LiveJournal, eWeek, 5 Jan 2005

“Six Apart Ltd., the small software firm founded by childhood sweethearts Ben and Mena Trott, is set to make a big splash with the acquisition of Danga Interactive Inc.'s LiveJournal blogging network. The deal, which will be announced on Thursday, involves an undisclosed amount of cash and stock, eWEEK.com has confirmed. With LiveJournal added to its portfolio of blog software products, Six Apart automatically becomes a big player. LiveJournal, which powers a network of blogs, Web forums, social networking and content aggregation, has a user base of more than 5.6 million.�

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