Gawker Media Launches Video Site Gawker.TV

You know times are on the up when Nick Denton starts launching new blogs instead of flogging them off or shuttering them, and today Gawker Media turned the tide of the last 18 months with a new ... continue

Mashable signs a deal with CNN

In a decent than syndicating your posts deal, Mashable announced yesterday that they've signed a deal with CNN to link to their posts from the CNN Tech page. In a serious bout of new speak, Mashable's founder (and ... continue

The Next Web Goes Supernova With 10 New Sites

The Next Web technology blog has today launched a massive expansion of its line-up with 10 new blogs covering tech across Europe and beyond. The Next Web launches eight international blogs in local languages for France, Russia, South ... continue

Report: PaidContent may come on the market as Guardian looks to raise cash

ContentNext, the company behind tech and media blog PaidContent may come on the market as parent company Guardian News and Media looks to cut costs and raise money. The unconfirmed report at Daily Finance notes that Guardian News ... continue

Eric Dane sues Gawker over McSteamy sex tape

Actor Eric Dane has filled suit against Nick Denton's Gawker Media over Gawker's publication of the now infamous "McSteamy" sex tape. According to TMZ, "Dane and and [partner Rebecca] Gayheart filed the lawsuit today in L.A. County Superior ... continue

SB Nation relaunches front page as real time aggregator, signs Fanhouse deal

Sports blog network SB Nation has relaunched its front page as a real time sports news aggregator, and has announced a deal with the AOL owned Fanhouse sports news network. The new front page of SB Nation highlights ... continue

Yardbarker sports blog network raises new round of $1.5 million

Sports blog and advertising network Yardbarker has raised $1.5 million in a round that included previous investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Baseline Ventures and Labrador Ventures. YardBacker is the Glam Media of the sports blogging scene, running both their ... continue

Exclusive: b5media selling off business blogs

Canadian blog network b5media is selling off its business blogs, and possibly its travel blogs (see below) as part of a restructure under new CEO Elaine Kunda. According to sources familiar with the matter, b5media is shopping the ... continue

Shiny Media saga ends with split in assets

The assets of UK blog network Shiny Media have been split between the company's founders and investor Brightstation, finally putting an end to a messy ending. The former Shiny Media fashion blogs Catwalk Queen, Kiss and Make Up, ... continue

Food blog network FoodBuzz raises $750,000

San Francisco based food blog network FoodBuzz has raised $750,000 in a proposed round of $1.25 million, according to an SEC filing lodged by the company August 7. FoodBuzz is a blog network similar to Glam Media in ... continue

Gizmodo, Gawker, i0, Jezebel, Consumerist up and down all day

Gawker media blogs and Consumerist have been experiencing intermittent outages today. "Server issues" is being bandied about as a cause- Consumerist, a blog that was sold by Gawker Media in 2008, indicated as such at around 11:30am EST ... continue

b5media gets a new CEO

Jeremy Wright, the founding CEO of blog network b5media has left the position after three years in place of Elaine Kunda. Investor John Albright said in a statement that "Elaine is exactly the right leader for b5media, with ... continue