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Digg's Miserable Business
BusinessWeek got ahold of social news site Digg's financials. For a site that gets as much traffic as Digg.com does -- 22.6 million monthly uniques, according to Quantcast -- the numbers are gruesome: Last year the company lost $2.8 million on $4.8 million of revenue In the first three ...
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valleywag.gawker.com — kevin rose Digg Founder Wants to Date Jennifer Aniston Kevin Rose , the boyish founder of Digg, a testosterone-soaked news-discussion site, has resolved to "date someone seriously" in 2009. Specifically, he plans to woo Marley & Me star Jennifer ... (more) Valleywag - Gawker
Digg’s Sorry Revenue Stream, And Rumors Of An Experimental Ad Product
Digg’s Sorry Revenue Stream, And Rumors Of An Experimental Ad Product
techcrunch.com — So Business Week gets their hands on Digg’s financials and reports that the company had 2007 revenues of $4.8 million and losses of $2.8 million. The first three quarters of 2008 Digg had revenues of $6.4 million and losses of $4 million. That ... (more) Digg’s Sorry Revenue Stream, And Rumors Of An ...
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TechBlog — ... love the Mighty Mouse; this might make it even better. (I know, I'm mostly alone in my love . . . ) • Broken underwater cables sever global communications and Why Do Undersea Cables Seem To Get Severed In Bunches? • After six years, Homeland Security still without 'cybercrisis' plan - Are you surprised? • Pandora Hits 20 Million Registered Users (Via Twitter) - After only three years in existence. If you haven't tried Pandora , you should. • Digg's Miserable Business - Think Digg's big traffic means big bucks? Think again. • ...

Digg’s Lack of Ad Targeting is Hurting Revenue
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... , no one can tell.  But I can tell you one thing - you can’t sell a sinking ship, and with Digg’s Miserable Business as reported at Silicon Alley Insider - they might need to launch a life boat or two. ...

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New York Times Cites Digg, Del.icio.us In Shutdown Of Its Bookmarking ServiceInformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
Earlier this afternoon, the New York Times issued an email to all users that it is shutting down its New York Times-branded bookmarking service (Times File). The email (shown below) cites the proliferation of social bookmarking sites like Digg and Del.icio.us in its decision to eliminate the ...
New York Times Cites Digg, Del.icio.us In Shutdown Of Its Bookmarking ServiceInformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
Earlier this afternoon, the New York Times issued an email to all users that it is shutting down its New York Times-branded bookmarking service (Times File). The email (shown below) cites the proliferation of social bookmarking sites like Digg and ...