February 11, 2009 2:35 PM
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Blog Media In UK: Danson Buys LabourHome Blog; Messy Media Gives Up
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This story was written by Rafat Ali.
So it isn't just in U.S., but some frentic blog media activity in UK as well:
--- Datamonitor founder Mike Danson, who bought half of left-leaning current affairs mag New Statesman in April, has invested a five-figure sum to buy a majority of unofficial Labour party blog LabourHome. More details here
-- MessyMedia, an attempt by former *Yahoo* European news director to set up a Gawker-style UK blog publisher, has just been shut down - or at least, the blog publishing part. The reason: "The audiences for these titles didn't warrant continued investment, particularly in the light of the advertising downturn the media sector is wrestling with." More here.
By Rafat Ali
So it isn't just in U.S., but some frentic blog media activity in UK as well:
--- Datamonitor founder Mike Danson, who bought half of left-leaning current affairs mag New Statesman in April, has invested a five-figure sum to buy a majority of unofficial Labour party blog LabourHome. More details here
-- MessyMedia, an attempt by former *Yahoo* European news director to set up a Gawker-style UK blog publisher, has just been shut down - or at least, the blog publishing part. The reason: "The audiences for these titles didn't warrant continued investment, particularly in the light of the advertising downturn the media sector is wrestling with." More here.
By Rafat Ali
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