{"id":3057,"date":"2005-01-06T00:28:04","date_gmt":"2005-01-06T08:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/06\/its-official-six-apart-acquires-livejournal\/"},"modified":"2019-12-12T08:06:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:06:18","slug":"its-official-six-apart-acquires-livejournal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/06\/its-official-six-apart-acquires-livejournal\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s official: Six Apart acquires LiveJournal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9347,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.sixapart.com\\\/log\\\/2005\\\/01\\\/six_apart_acqui.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080517003759\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.sixapart.com\\\/log\\\/2005\\\/01\\\/six_apart_acqui.shtml&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 19:13:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 21:20:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 21:20:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9348,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.sixapart.com\\\/corner\\\/archives\\\/2005\\\/01\\\/current_mood_op.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080516042447\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.sixapart.com\\\/corner\\\/archives\\\/2005\\\/01\\\/current_mood_op.shtml&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/movabletype.com&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 21:20:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 21:20:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9349,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.livejournal.com\\\/users\\\/news\\\/82926.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080726142038\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.livejournal.com\\\/users\\\/news\\\/82926.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 19:13:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 21:20:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 21:20:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9350,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DOperatica%26partnerId%3D30&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Looks like the rumors were true: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixapart.com\/log\/2005\/01\/six_apart_acqui.shtml\" title=\"Six Apart acquires LiveJournal\">Six Apart acquires LiveJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pertinent posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixapart.com\/log\/2005\/01\/six_apart_acqui.shtml\" title=\"Six Apart acquires LiveJournal\">Six Apart: Live Journal Acquisition FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixapart.com\/corner\/archives\/2005\/01\/current_mood_op.shtml\" title=\"Mena's Corner: Current Mood: Optimistic\">Mena&#8217;s Corner: Current Mood: Optimistic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/news\/82926.html\" title=\"news:Big News...Six Apart and LiveJournal!\">LiveJournal: News: Big News&#8230;Six Apart and LiveJournal!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve read none of these yet, as it&#8217;s after midnight and I need to get to bed. Should make for interesting reading when I wake up, though.<\/p>\n<p>Update: Okay, I stayed up a bit later and read the posts. Good stuff there &#8212; there was a lot of FUD running around due to the rumors, and I think that the three posts above do a good job of dispelling that.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to both Six Apart and LiveJournal &#8212; I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing where you all go with this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941.10000002&#38;subid=0&#38;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DOperatica%2526albumTerm=O Vol. 1%2526songTerm=Get Off My Land%26partnerId%3D30\">Get Off My Land<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DOperatica%26partnerId%3D30\">Operatica<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DOperatica%2526albumTerm=O Vol. 1%26partnerId%3D30\">O Vol. 1<\/a><\/em> (2000, 5:05).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like the rumors were true: Six Apart acquires LiveJournal. Congrats to both Six Apart and LiveJournal &mdash; I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing where you all go with this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[58,599],"class_list":["post-3057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-internet","tag-weblogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}