Tech gossip site Valleywag sails into Gawker.com
Valleywag is not exactly the local beacon of fair and balanced reporting, but as the leading gossip blog of Silicon Valley, it helps keep things real — like the proverbial pearl-making sand in the oyster, maybe. Which is why I’m sad that Gawker Media has decided to turn this property into a section of the much larger Gawker.com media-gossip site.
The problem for Gawker founder and owner Nick Denton is that Valleywag, which gets a respectable… Continue Reading
Roundup: Search Wikia to take on Google, Adready, Ideeli, EyeQ, more
Here’s the latest action:
1. Search Wikia could go live by Christmas, to take on Google
2. Nick Denton, the nemesis of Silicon Valley, makes himself editor of Gawker
3. DocStoc, fresh with cash, gives away $50 Amazon gift certificate daily to user uploading best quality docs
4. AdReady, the Seattle advertising startup offering online banner ads, raises $10M more
5. Why Google is going after Wikipedia
6. EyeQ, tracks contributions of developers to projects
7. Ideeli, a invite-only Web retailer for… Continue Reading
Curbed.com raises $1.5M for real estate blog network
Curbed.com, a popular real estate blog network with sites in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, has obtained $1.5 million in financing to expand into new cities and add staff members, according to the New York Times.
According to Lockhart Steele, the network’s publisher, traffic is growing 10 percent a month and the site is drawing national advertisers.
Curbed.com, which also focuses on restaurants and shopping, received its backing from Brad Inman, founder and publisher… Continue Reading