AOL Launches New Blog Network Dedicated to Individual Stocks of the Most Watched and Widely Held Companies.DULLES, Va. -- Series of Blogs to Provide Original Analysis and Commentary Plus Information on Breaking News, Industry Trends, Market Moves and More In the first joint creation of a new blogging network See blog network. since the acquisition of Weblogs, Inc., AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. and Weblogs, Inc. announced today that they have launched a new network, bloggingstocks.com (http://bloggingstocks.com), which will host a series of individual blogs dedicated to providing daily commentary, insightful and thought-provoking analysis and news coverage of some of the most-widely held and followed public companies. Each featured company will have its own dedicated blog and a team of professional bloggers, including financial professionals, analysts, current and former journalists and dedicated investing enthusiasts. The bloggers will be monitoring company and industry news and sharing their views, insights and analysis. Each blog will also offer its readers an opportunity to provide their own reactions and viewpoints in an interactive community environment. The network will be editorially independent and will be integrated into AOL(R) Money & Finance (http://money.aol.com), the second most trafficked financial portal Financial Portal A website that provides a variety of financial data and information, acting as an information hub for clients who are individual investors requiring timely financial news and data to make their investment decisions. with over 11 million monthly unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. * and over 239 million monthly page views.* "We are delighted to bring this unique network of blogs to our leading financial site," said Marty Moe, Vice President, AOL Money & Finance. "Individual investors are most passionate about individual stocks. These blogs will focus obsessively on what average investors care about most, giving readers an interactive platform to get behind the headlines and exchange insights on some of the most widely held and talked about companies." The first series of blogs will cover: --Time Warner (http://twx.bloggingstocks.com) --Google (http://goog.bloggingstocks.com) --Yahoo (http://yhoo.bloggingstocks.com) --Apple (http://aapl.bloggingstocks.com) --eBay (http://ebay.bloggingstocks.com) --Microsoft (http://msft.bloggingstocks.com) --Wal-Mart (http://wmt.bloggingstocks.com) --General Electric (http://ge.bloggingstocks.com/) Additional companies will be added throughout the year. "This is the perfect marriage of AOL's massive reach and Weblogs, Inc.'s expertise in citizen journalism News and commentary from the public at large. Using wiki sites and blogs, anyone can contribute information about a current event. Also known as "collaborative citizen journalism" (CCJ), "grassroots media" and "personal publishing," the concept behind citizen journalism is that many ," stated Jason Calacanis Jason McCabe Calacanis (born November 28, 1970 [1] in Brooklyn, New York) is an Greek-American internet entrepreneur and blogger. His first company was part of the dot-com era in New York, and his second venture capitalized on the growth of blogs before being sold to AOL. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Weblogs, Inc. "This collaboration gives independent voices access to the mass audience, while providing marketers a vehicle to reach influencers." The bloggers will not be making investment buy or sell recommendations or provide any personalized investment advice, but rather providing original and entertaining commentary and analysis so individual investors can become better informed about the stocks they hold or are most interested in. * comScore Media Metrix, March 2006 About AOL LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control AOL LLC and its subsidiaries operate a leading network of Web brands and the largest Internet access subscription service in the United States. Web brands include the AOL.com(R) website, AIM(R), MapQuest(R) and Netscape(R). AOL offers a range of digital services in the areas of education, safety and security, communications and music. The company also has operations in Europe and Canada. AOL, which is based in Dulles, Virginia, is a majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company. of Time Warner Inc. About Weblogs, Inc. Weblogs, Inc., (http://www.weblogsinc.com/) is a network of close to 100 blogs. The company was founded in January of 2004 and became a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL in November of 2005. Weblogs, Inc., produces widely read blogs including Engadget, Joystiq, Blogging Baby, Luxist, and Gadling. |
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