WordPress CEO: Yahoo deal led to 72,000 Tumblr posts imported to WP in one hour

While it may be too early to tell how Tumblr users will ultimately respond to Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition, we're seeing signs that are jumping to other blogging services.

Trying to make paywalls work, Andrew Sullivan offers Dish access for $2 a month

Blogger Andrew Sullivan has changed the pricing model for his popular blog The Dish, now offering access for $2 a month rather than only a $20-a-year option.

How to take back control of your own social networks

If you don't like the way social networks try to own your data, but you're not willing to sign off completely, there is a third way. Here's how to regain control of your own stuff without giving up Twitter and Facebook.

Mommy blogger alert: Sverve launches to provide all 3.9M of you with a monetization platform

The vast majority of bloggers tend to write in the dark, toiling away in relative obscurity while a few grab the spotlight. That's true for the almost four million "mommy bloggers" in the U.S. as well.

Crunch time at TechCrunch: Site has lost 35% of its traffic since September

There wasn’t much explanation given yesterday when TechCrunch editor-in-chief Erick Schonfeld stepped down. But a scoop from PaidContent this afternoon reveals why AOL might have been looking to shake things up. Traffic has fallen almost 35% since founder Mike Arrington …

GigaOM buying ContentNext Media, will pick up paidContent, mocoNews, and other sites

Technology blog GigaOM has agreed to purchase ContentNext Media, which owns paidContent, mocoNews, and several other websites with odd capitalization choices, the company announced today.

The move will help GigaOM increase its presence in New York City and Europe. The …

Skimlinks skims $4.5 million to help bloggers earn cash (exclusive)

Skimlinks automatically converts product references in blog posts into affiliate sales links. The London startup just closed a funding round of $4.5 led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, the investment arm of media giant Bertelsmann AG.

For example, Skimlinks converts …

Former Gizmodo editor launches new tech site, Wirecutter

Brian Lam, the former editor of Gizmodo who took the site from a few million pageviews a month to more than 100 million, is launching a new site.

Called Wirecutter, it is a consumer-focused tech site. Unlike other gadget sites, …

TechCrunch’s Arrington to start new personal blog

Surprising no one, TechCrunch founder and former editor-in-chief Michael Arrington announced that he’s planning to start a new personal blog within the next few days, according to a Twitter post from last night.

Arrington, who was dramatically ousted from TechCrunch …

TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington takes off

Michael Arrington, founder of technology blog TechCrunch and known for his fiery personality and zero tolerance for corporate authority, has “decided” to move on from the San Francisco-based tech news publication.

“It’s no longer a good situation for me to …

AOL reportedly drops TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington for real this time, techies chime in

Michael Arrington, founder of technology blog TechCrunch and known for his fiery personality and zero tolerance for corporate authority, is no longer with the San Francisco-based tech news publication, according to a report by Fortune.

Yes, this is a drawn …