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a few hours after i posted about the email i got from dominic rivera, an official announcement was made on the website itself.

We are pleased to announced that Splashpress Media has acquired 901am.com. We remain committed in bringing new media news throughout the day. We are currently working on moving the site to a new server. Thank you for your patience.

unfortunately there has been no word so far from david krug. david is the founder of 901am, the one who hired me after i resigned from the blog herald, and has been a dear friend to me ever since. the blog herald has, however, released the following statement on behalf of splashpress media:

In the aftermath of the 901am.com sale, Splashpress would like to take the opportunity to thank David Krug for the marvellous job he did in building 901am.com and in such a short period. We believe the site still has great potential to grow and to dominate the niche that covers new media news. We are happy to announce that Minic Rivera, contributor at the Blog Herald and former editor of the Blogging Times, has agreed to be editor of 901am. And last, but not least, we would like to wish David Krug a speedy recovery, as he has been unwell now for a few weeks. Please join us in our prayers for him.

get well soon krug. we miss you and wish you a quick recovery.

i got an email from dominic rivera earlier today telling me that 901am has been acquired by splashpress media.

in line with this, we remain committed to having you among our esteemed bloggers. We would like to extend our open invitation for you to continue blogging at 901am.

unfortunately, among other reasons, i have too much on my plate already and therefore have decided to leave the team at 901am.

best of luck to dominic (now editor of 901am) and splashpress media (the new owners).

assignment zero has finally launched, and i am excited to be a part of the project!

this project offers any willing contributor the chance to do the work of a reporter, writer, researcher or editor in a joint investigation by wired and newassignment.net. when assignment zero ends, newassignment.net will publish the results — articles, interviews and assorted data. wired magazine contributing editor jeff howe will write a feature-length article that will run on wired news.

Check it out.

neil patel has officially announced me as an author on the social media and new media news and marketing site pronet advertising.

I am proud to welcome Muhammad Saleem to the Pronet Advertising team. I have been good friends with Muhammad for quite some time now and we have both had great conversations with each other about social media. You may have read some of his blog posts on social media at The Mu Life or seen him on some of the popular social media sites. As a top 20 Digger and as a Netscape Navigator Muhammad has a lot knowledge and will be sharing his experiences on Pronet.

So everyone please check out his first blog post and give him a warm Pronet welcome!

i’m glad to be a part of the already great team there and i hope that you will keep tabs on my musings on pronet.