My good friend Duncan Riley has sold The Blog Herald a blog about blogging, the gossip of blogging and the who’s who of the blogosphere. This was coming for awhile and the sale has been much publicized through a high stakes public auction, a deal, a collapsed deal, another public auction and then a direct sale to a mysterious group of bloggers who will be made known by Monday or Tuesday. My role has been small through this process — basically doing the technical legwork to work with the new ownership to transfer the site and I did not even know the true identity until yesterday. That information stays under lock and key with me until such a time that the owners make it known, so I’ll ignore any inquiries to that effect. :-)
But this note is not about the sale as much as it is to wish Duncan the best in his efforts. I know he is looking forward to tackling other blogging challenges including b5media. Dunc’s a good guy, has known to garner the love of other bloggers through his abrasive western Australian ways, rile a few feathers along the way (thus his last name Riley). He’s continuing to blog elsewhere including his personal blog duncanriley.com. You can read his farewell entries here and here.
Update: Well there you have it. Blogmedia, Inc is the new owner. Congratulations to Matt Craven and company and wish you all the best of luck.
Press Release on the Blog Herald Sale
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About the Author: Aaron Brazell is the lead editor of Technosailor.com and a social media expert. His passion is to see companies and individuals use the internet and web technologies wisely and effectively to promote their brands and companies. He served as Director of Technology at b5media from 2005-2008 and is currently an independent consultant.
[...] I do want to mention that Duncan has been nothing but a class act throughout the negotiations and sale process. Also a big thanks to Aaron Brazell of b5media who assisted with the site transfer and setup. We wish Duncan the best in his future endeavors, we’ve no doubt that he will be successful. He will be a hard act to follow… [...]
[...] Update: There’s a lot of interest in this story across the blogosphere right now. Here are just a few links: Aaron Brazell, a b5er who did the tech stuff for the sale; Matt’s first post at Blog Herald; the view from Jack, King of Snark; and from BlogMedia’s own Problogging. [...]
[...] Oh! Here is Aaron’s say! [...]
[...] Duncan started growing weary of the site with having other responsibilities with family and also as one of the founders of b5media. After some stop and go on the sale of the site, Blog Herald fell to BlogMedia. I helped with the transfer of the site along with a mix of emotions on my part. [...]