From: mike landreu
Date: Apr 1, 2005 5:11 PM
Subject: Immediate Release: New company to buy Singapore top blogs!
For Immediate Release (Can be publised freely on blogs and other media)
NEW COMPANY TO BUY SINGAPORE TOP BLOGS
San Jose, Calif - April 1 2005 - A new company invested by top VCs is out to buy the top blogs in Asia. First stop will be Singapore. Known as The Blog Company, it will be commencing negotiations with Singapore's top bloggers in the next few weeks.
Funded by some of the U.S's top VC firms, The Blog Company said that Asia is very big in its plans. CEO and founder, Alex Gayne said that the firm has spent the last few months identifying Singapore's top bloggers. He said, "We have a good idea on the type of blogs that we are interested in Singapore. We have decided on five." The big five he says are Xiaxue (http://www.xiaxue.blogspot.com), IZ Reloaded
(http://izreloaded.tripod.com), Popagandhi (http://popagandhi.com), Mr Brown (http://mrbrown.com) and Mr Miyaki (http://myveryownglob.blogspot.com).
"I think here we have the top 5 bloggers in Singapore. We are not in a position to reveal our plans with these 5 bloggers at this time but I can confirm that we will be talking to them real soon," said Mr Gayne. He explaned the company's choices, "We are looking for the best. And here we have the best. The likes of IZ Reloaded with 10,000+ readers a day, Xiaxue 8,000+ and Mr Brown 4,000+ shows that we are dealing with high traffic sites here."
Margaret Long, a partner at investment firm First Equities who invested in The Blog Company says that she and others believe in the company's blog strategy. "I think what we have here is a unique company with a unique strategy. Blogs are beginning to show that they are not just a place where someone will write his/her diary but they are more than just that. The Blog Company aims to make this a real profitable venture."
Contact
Mr Michael Landreu
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haha. i got this in my gmail. happy april fools guys.
speaking of gmail, they also april fool-ed us:
they've decided to give us infinite space. :)
Date: Apr 1, 2005 5:11 PM
Subject: Immediate Release: New company to buy Singapore top blogs!
For Immediate Release (Can be publised freely on blogs and other media)
NEW COMPANY TO BUY SINGAPORE TOP BLOGS
San Jose, Calif - April 1 2005 - A new company invested by top VCs is out to buy the top blogs in Asia. First stop will be Singapore. Known as The Blog Company, it will be commencing negotiations with Singapore's top bloggers in the next few weeks.
Funded by some of the U.S's top VC firms, The Blog Company said that Asia is very big in its plans. CEO and founder, Alex Gayne said that the firm has spent the last few months identifying Singapore's top bloggers. He said, "We have a good idea on the type of blogs that we are interested in Singapore. We have decided on five." The big five he says are Xiaxue (http://www.xiaxue.blogspot.com), IZ Reloaded
(http://izreloaded.tripod.com), Popagandhi (http://popagandhi.com), Mr Brown (http://mrbrown.com) and Mr Miyaki (http://myveryownglob.blogspot.com).
"I think here we have the top 5 bloggers in Singapore. We are not in a position to reveal our plans with these 5 bloggers at this time but I can confirm that we will be talking to them real soon," said Mr Gayne. He explaned the company's choices, "We are looking for the best. And here we have the best. The likes of IZ Reloaded with 10,000+ readers a day, Xiaxue 8,000+ and Mr Brown 4,000+ shows that we are dealing with high traffic sites here."
Margaret Long, a partner at investment firm First Equities who invested in The Blog Company says that she and others believe in the company's blog strategy. "I think what we have here is a unique company with a unique strategy. Blogs are beginning to show that they are not just a place where someone will write his/her diary but they are more than just that. The Blog Company aims to make this a real profitable venture."
Contact
Mr Michael Landreu
Press Enquiries
haha. i got this in my gmail. happy april fools guys.
speaking of gmail, they also april fool-ed us:
they've decided to give us infinite space. :)
Wow, i really got fooled le. :$
Peiwen so creative...
Ok, i just got it in my email?
Who's this Michael Landreu?
Oih! Miyagi or Miyaki?
Still not sure if the GMail 2GB space is true or not. We'll find out by 6pm tomorrow. That's when the count-up will hit 2000.000000.
Ehz...I'm really trying to figure out whether they fooled us or are they really that nice?
Hugz,
BOSS