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The Six Apart company was founded by Ben Trott and Mena Trott, the former owners of LiveJournal, and was funded by [[Joi Ito]]. The current CEO is [[Chris Alden]] | The Six Apart company was founded by Ben Trott and Mena Trott, the former owners of LiveJournal, and was funded by [[Joi Ito]]. The current CEO is [[Chris Alden]] | ||
| − | Six Apart created Movable Type blogware, the TypePad blog hosting service, and Vox. The Six Apart company | + | Six Apart created Movable Type blogware, the [[TypePad]] blog hosting service, and Vox. The Six Apart company is also credited with invented [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlink backlinks]. |
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| + | On December 1, 2008, Six Apart announced the acquisition of micro blogging website Pownce, but they shut it down on December 15, 2008. | ||
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| + | On September 2, 2010 Six Apart announced that they would be shutting down their blogging/social networking site Vox with a final termination date set for September 30th, 2010. | ||
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| + | On September 22nd, 2010 Six Apart announced its intention to join forces with VideoEgg to create a modern media company called SAY Media. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
