MCS in the b5 press
Jeremy Wright, CEO of b5media, mentions MCS on his blog today in response to a quote from Jason Calacanis who said…
Weblogs, Inc. and Gawker are the two biggest. Nothing else even comes close. I mean, B5 Media raised some money but can you name their top blog?
In part of his response in defense of b5 Mr. Wright had this to say…
Before I get into why b5media doesn’t have big blogs, I’d like to note that we do, in fact, have several “big” blogs. Some are big in traffic (like Snarky Gossip). Others are big in influence (like gobs of our science blogs, as well as our beauty blogs… each of these channels have blogs that are featured more than weekly in various MSM sources). Others are big, but just outside the realm of what Jason sees. And still others are prominent blogs in their space that are joining b5 as external properties. I don’t want to make a big deal out of these, as I know Jason’s point is “company owned blogs”, but blogs like CopyBlogger, LifeDev, MyCrimeSpace, Deep Jive Interests and Slacker Manager (and others) are all recognized leaders in their industries that have come alongside to help us figure out how our model applies to external blogs.
First I want to thank Mr. Wright for mentioning my humble little site in such a positive light. And secondly I want to commend Mr. Wright for such a classy response to Jason Calacanis’ swipe at b5.
DISCLOSURE: And I’m not just sucking up to the boss.
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2 opinions for MCS in the b5 press
Hsien Lei
Feb 8, 2007 at 4:24 am
The mention of MyCrimeSpace was well deserved. And I loved your use of “swipe.” hehe
Trench
Feb 8, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Well it just makes me wonder why he’s even mentioning b5 unless he’s looking over his shoulder or something.
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