Another popular blog gets sold to big media. Last Friday, word went out that Rafat Ali’s paidContent.org blog (including mocoNews, contentSutra and paidContent:UK) was acquired by Guardian Media Group (GMG) for a reported $30 Million.
paidContent was among the group of blogs founded and authored by former journalist Rafat Ali under the ContentNext company. Ali used to be the managing editor of Silicon Alley Reporter (owned by Jason Calacanis) which was eventually sold to Dow Jones in 2003.
Rafat Ali founded paidContent.org in 2002. He won’t be retiring any soon — he will still run the blog independently of GMG. The blog is said to be earning about $1 annually from ads.
Earlier this year, another huge blog, Ars Technica, was also sold for an estimated $25 million. Big bloggers are cashing in on their exit strategy.
I usually do not leave many comments, but i did a few searching and
wound up here Guardian Media buys paidContent for $30M – YugaTech | Philippines,
Tech News & Reviews. And I actually do have some questions for you if it’s allright.
Is it just me or does it look as if like some of the comments come
across like they are written by brain dead individuals?
:-P And, if you are writing on other online sites, I would like to
keep up with anything fresh you have to post.
Could you list of every one of your public sites like your twitter feed, Facebook page or linkedin profile?