Comments on: Is BlogHerald On The Chopping Block? Matt Craven Goes On The Record http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/ Thoughts on Web 2.0, Social Media, Marketing. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:10:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Deep Jive Interests » Matt Craven On The Record: Why I Sold The BlogHerald http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/comment-page-1/#comment-3496 Deep Jive Interests » Matt Craven On The Record: Why I Sold The BlogHerald Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:07:24 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/#comment-3496 [...] Which is curious, because on this blog, Matt mentioned: “The Blog Herald is a key part of Problogging, Inc. and the cornerstone of our coverage of the blogosphere.”  So what happened?  Why the about-face?  I sat down for a quick chat about what had changed — if anything — the challenges that Matt was running into as a manager of a Blog Network, and if ProBlogging doesn’t own the BlogHerald, how will they keep their own mandate to cover the blogosphere? Tony Hung: So right here on this very blog you said “The Blog Herald is a key part of Problogging, Inc. and the cornerstone of our coverage of the blogosphere.” … what changed? Matt Craven: Pretty simple - we decided to exit that portion of our business. In the process of divesting ourselves of our blog network, we found a number of parties interested in our sites - Blog Herald, Blog Network Watch, BloggerJobs, and others. The more we thought about it - the more it made sense to move out of this arena and fully focus on where we wanted to go… [...] [...] Which is curious, because on this blog, Matt mentioned: “The Blog Herald is a key part of Problogging, Inc. and the cornerstone of our coverage of the blogosphere.”  So what happened?  Why the about-face?  I sat down for a quick chat about what had changed — if anything — the challenges that Matt was running into as a manager of a Blog Network, and if ProBlogging doesn’t own the BlogHerald, how will they keep their own mandate to cover the blogosphere? Tony Hung: So right here on this very blog you said “The Blog Herald is a key part of Problogging, Inc. and the cornerstone of our coverage of the blogosphere.” … what changed? Matt Craven: Pretty simple – we decided to exit that portion of our business. In the process of divesting ourselves of our blog network, we found a number of parties interested in our sites – Blog Herald, Blog Network Watch, BloggerJobs, and others. The more we thought about it – the more it made sense to move out of this arena and fully focus on where we wanted to go… [...]

]]> By:   BlogMedia now Problogging, Inc. by Blogging Pro http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/comment-page-1/#comment-3110   BlogMedia now Problogging, Inc. by Blogging Pro Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:42:32 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/#comment-3110 [...] Tony Hung, a writer on the Blog Herald, was recently able to get Matt to sit still for an interview about the change over at Deep Jive Interests. TH: Can you expand a little on what your focus will be on — from a blogging point of view? MC: We’ll always be covering the blogosphere in some way, shape, or form. We’ll be talking more about professional blogging over at problogging.com - and launching a new podcast only site in the near future. [...] [...] Tony Hung, a writer on the Blog Herald, was recently able to get Matt to sit still for an interview about the change over at Deep Jive Interests. TH: Can you expand a little on what your focus will be on — from a blogging point of view? MC: We’ll always be covering the blogosphere in some way, shape, or form. We’ll be talking more about professional blogging over at problogging.com – and launching a new podcast only site in the near future. [...]

]]> By: Blog News Watch » Blog Archive » Blogmedia transformed into Problogging Inc. http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/comment-page-1/#comment-3107 Blog News Watch » Blog Archive » Blogmedia transformed into Problogging Inc. Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:58:43 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/#comment-3107 [...] In Problogging.com they are offering full scale   -Design, Hosting, Consulting and Advertising services, not to mention all will be focused on weblog. Matt Craven also expressed that there will be some e-books for bloggers (not all will be free) available exclusively at Problogging.com. Read Tony’s interview of Matt Craven for more in depth of this story. [...] [...] In Problogging.com they are offering full scale   -Design, Hosting, Consulting and Advertising services, not to mention all will be focused on weblog. Matt Craven also expressed that there will be some e-books for bloggers (not all will be free) available exclusively at Problogging.com. Read Tony’s interview of Matt Craven for more in depth of this story. [...]

]]> By: Blogteria:Blog Business http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/comment-page-1/#comment-3094 Blogteria:Blog Business Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:21:07 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/#comment-3094 [...] BlogMedia, the parent company of BlogHerald  is currently under a repositioning effort that has seen Head Honcho Matt Craven divest BlogMedia of quite a few blogs of late. With BlogMedia transforming into ProBlogging.com, Tony as a post on an interview with Matt on plans for its future, its focus and scope. [...] [...] BlogMedia, the parent company of BlogHerald  is currently under a repositioning effort that has seen Head Honcho Matt Craven divest BlogMedia of quite a few blogs of late. With BlogMedia transforming into ProBlogging.com, Tony as a post on an interview with Matt on plans for its future, its focus and scope. [...]

]]> By: Jessica http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/comment-page-1/#comment-3088 Jessica Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:33:51 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/#comment-3088 <blockquote>...cornerstone of our coverage of the blogosphere...</blockquote> including strange claymation animation and poetic stall thoughts blogs. Tomorrow at 18:45 Eastern Standard time in the <a href="http://blogherald.com" rel="nofollow">BlogHerald</a>.

…cornerstone of our coverage of the blogosphere…

including strange claymation animation and poetic stall thoughts blogs.

Tomorrow at 18:45 Eastern Standard time in the BlogHerald.

]]> By: Blog Herald Going Out Of Style? at The Blog Herald http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/comment-page-1/#comment-3077 Blog Herald Going Out Of Style? at The Blog Herald Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:25:08 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/#comment-3077 [...] Read More…  [...] [...] Read More…  [...]

]]> By: Professional blog services - ProBlogging, Inc. http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/comment-page-1/#comment-3071 Professional blog services - ProBlogging, Inc. Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:18:53 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/26/is-blogherald-on-the-chopping-block-matt-craven-goes-on-the-record/#comment-3071 [...] Tony Hung, a blogger of ours over at The Blog Herald, spent some time last night interviewing me about a number of topics, including The Blog Herald, our recent changes, and the divesting of parts of our blog network over the last few weeks. [...] [...] Tony Hung, a blogger of ours over at The Blog Herald, spent some time last night interviewing me about a number of topics, including The Blog Herald, our recent changes, and the divesting of parts of our blog network over the last few weeks. [...]

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