Russian Bloggers Are As Powerful As Russian Hackers | Profy | Internet news and commentary

Russian Bloggers Are As Powerful As Russian Hackers | Profy | Internet news and commentary: "Since both the blogosphere and the traditional media is abuzz today with the news about a cyberattack against Georgian official websites presumably organized by Russia (and I have already claimed that I believe the Russian hackers really did not need any special request to get started with the DDoS attack), I thought I’d mention another aspect of the situation that is remotely related to this one and proves my point again.

A Russian-language blog reports today another story about Russian bloggers manipulating results of a poll on CNN website to demonstrate what exactly people think here about the conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia."

Russian Firm Buys LiveJournal - New York Times

Russian Firm Buys LiveJournal - New York Times: "The owner of LiveJournal, a blogging and social-networking site, agreed yesterday to sell the company to SUP, a Russian online media company, in the latest example of deal-making in the social-networking sector.

Helge: This hotel is located only a few miles away from the Russina border. It could be an exclusive place for future deal makers.

Financial terms of SUP’s deal with Six Apart, which owns LiveJournal, were not disclosed.

Helge: I use LiveJournal to write my Kymijoki blog. I guess Kauppalehti is also based on LiveJournal. No, Kauppalehti uses WordPress.

As part of the deal, SUP will create an American management company, LiveJournal Inc., to manage the social network’s operations.

Helge: Russia moving into Social Media.

SUP will also form an advisory board that includes Brad Fitzpatrick, LiveJournal’s founder who now works for Google.

Helge: Advisory board...

Though its biggest user base is the United States, LiveJournal has become exceedingly popular in Russia, finding about 28 percent of its audience there.

Helge: Russia, Russia, Russia...

Last year, SUP struck a licensing deal with Six Apart to manage LiveJournal.ru, the site’s Russian component."

Helge: Good. Social Media is expanding. The global village is embracing the world.