Six Apart Ltd., sometimes abbreviated 6A, is a software company headquartered in San Francisco, with an international presence in Paris and Tokyo with a second US-based office in New York. It is the creator of the widely used Movable Type Movable type is the system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document . The first known movable type system for printing was created in China around 1040 AD by Bi Sheng (990–1051), but the metal movable type system for printing was developed in Korea during the Goryeo Dynasty (around 1230) blogware, TypePad TypePad is a blogging service from company Six Apart Ltd. Originally launched in October 2003, TypePad is based on Six Apart's Movable Type platform, and shares technology with Movable Type such as templates and APIs, but is marketed to non-technical users and includes additional features like multiple author support, photo albums and moblogging blog hosting service Weblog software is software designed to simplify the creation and maintenance of weblogs. As specialized content management systems, weblog applications support the authoring, editing, and publishing of blog posts and comments, with special functions for image management, web syndication, and moderation of posts and comments, and Vox, and the former owner of LiveJournal LiveJournal is a virtual community where Internet users can keep a blog, journal or diary. LiveJournal is also the name of the free and open source server software that was designed to run the LiveJournal virtual community. LiveJournal's blogging features include those found in similar blogging sites (multiple authors, commenting, calendars, and. The name is a reference to the six-day age difference between its married co-founders, Ben Benjamin Trott, born September 22, 1977 ) , is a co-founder (with wife Mena Trott) of Six Apart, creator of Movable Type and TypePad and Mena Trott.[1]
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History
The company was founded in September 2001 after Ben, during a period of unemployment, wrote what became Movable Type Movable type is the system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document . The first known movable type system for printing was created in China around 1040 AD by Bi Sheng (990–1051), but the metal movable type system for printing was developed in Korea during the Goryeo Dynasty (around 1230) to allow Mena to easily produce her weblog. When version 1.0 was put on the web, it was downloaded over 100 times in the first hour.[1]
2003-2006
In 2003, Six Apart received initial venture capital Venture capital is a type of private equity capital typically provided for early-stage, high-potential, growth companies in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event such as an IPO or trade sale of the company. Venture capital investments are generally made in cash in exchange for shares in the invested company. It funding from a group led by Joi Ito Jōichi Itō or Joichi Ito , more commonly known as Joi Ito, is a Japanese activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist and his Neoteny Co., something which allowed the company to hire additional employees, acquire a French weblog publishing company, and unveil plans for what was to become its hosted weblog publishing system, TypePad. In 2004, Six Apart completed a second round of funding with August Capital, a move which allowed it to make acquisitions of other companies. In January 2005, Six Apart purchased Danga Interactive, parent company of LiveJournal LiveJournal is a virtual community where Internet users can keep a blog, journal or diary. LiveJournal is also the name of the free and open source server software that was designed to run the LiveJournal virtual community. LiveJournal's blogging features include those found in similar blogging sites (multiple authors, commenting, calendars, and, from owner Brad Fitzpatrick Bradley Joseph "Brad" Fitzpatrick , often seen on the Internet under the nickname bradfitz, is an American programmer. He is best known as the creator of LiveJournal and is the author of a variety of free software projects such as memcached, notably used on LiveJournal, Facebook and YouTube, who was named Six Apart's chief architect. In March 2006, Six Apart announced the acquisition of the SplashBlog camera phone blogging service. The combined user base is now over 7 million, and the merged company has more than 100 employees.[1] June 2006 saw the release of their new Web 2.0 The term "Web 2.0" is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Examples of Web 2.0 include web-based communities, hosted services, web applications, social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, blogging platform, Vox.
Its CEO A chief executive officer or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer (executive) or administrator in charge of total management of an organization. An individual appointed as CEO of a corporation, company, organization, or agency reports to the board of directors is Chris Alden. Prominent weblogger Anil Dash joined the company in 2003, as did the former head of Wired Digital Andrew Anker. Six Apart's Board of Directors consists of Barak Berkowitz, Mena Trott, David Marquardt David Marquardt is a co-founder of venture capital firm August Capital. Marquardt has served on more than 25 boards of directors during his 20 year venture capital career including Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Seagate, Adaptec, and Grand Junction Networks, David Hornik, Reid Hoffman and Jun Makihara.
On September 6, 2006 Six Apart bought Rojo.com Six Apart Ltd., sometimes abbreviated 6A, is a software company headquartered in San Francisco, with an international presence in Paris and Tokyo with a second US-based office in New York. It is the creator of the widely used Movable Type blogware, TypePad blog hosting service, and Vox, and the former owner of LiveJournal. The name is a reference. President Chris Alden became executive vice president of Six Apart and general manager of Movable Type Movable type is the system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document . The first known movable type system for printing was created in China around 1040 AD by Bi Sheng (990–1051), but the metal movable type system for printing was developed in Korea during the Goryeo Dynasty (around 1230). CTO A chief technical officer or chief technology officer is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within an organization. Essentially, a CTO is responsible for the transformation of capital - be it monetary, intellectual, or political - into technology in furtherance of the company's objectives Aaron Emigh became executive vice president and general manager of core technologies.[2]
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2007
On Sept 15, 2007, Chairman and Chief Executive Barak Berkowitz stepped aside and was replaced by Chris Alden, who had run the company's professional software unit.[3]
On December 2, 2007, Six Apart announced it was selling LiveJournal to SUP Fabrik SUP is an international online media company, founded in Moscow in mid-2006 by Andrew Paulson and Alexander Mamut. Its ownership is split between Mamut, Kommersant Publishing House and management, a Russian media Mass media denotes a section of the media specifically designed to reach a large audience. The term was coined in the 1920s with the advent of nationwide radio networks, mass-circulation newspapers and magazines. However, some forms of mass media such as books and manuscripts had already been in use for centuries company which had previously licensed the LiveJournal brand and software for use in Russia.[4]
2008
On April 21, 2008, Six Apart said it acquired Apperceptive, a New York social media agency, as part of its new strategy. It declined to disclose financial terms of the deal. It is also partnering with advertising agency Adify. Just as in an advertising network, bloggers will be able to sign up and participate in advertising campaigns managed by Six Apart.[5]
On December 1, 2008, Six Apart announced the acquisition of micro blogging website Pownce Pownce was a free social networking and micro-blogging site started by Internet entrepreneurs Kevin Rose, Leah Culver, and Daniel Burka. Pownce was centered around sharing messages, files, events, and links with already-established friends. The site launched on June 27, 2007, and was opened to the public on January 22, 2008.[6]
On December 15, 2008, Six Apart shut down the micro blogging website Pownce.
References
- ^ a b c Trott, Mena G. "Six Apart - History". Six Apart, Ltd. http://sixapart.com/about/history. Retrieved 2006-09-08.
- ^ "Six Apart Acquires Rojo Networks". Six Apart, Ltd. 2006-09-06. http://www.sixapart.com/about/press/2006/09/six_apart_acqui_1.html. Retrieved 2006-09-08.
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- ^ news: LiveJournal & SUP
- ^ Six Apart: Will blog for food
- ^ http://www.sixapart.com/blog/2008/12/welcome-pownce-team.html
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