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| | Weblog software vendor Six Apart buys LiveJournal site | IDGNS | News | January 06, 2005 | By Grant Gross, IDG News ... |
 | | Six Apart, maker of the popular Moveable Type Weblogging software, has acquired Danga Interactive, the operators of the Weblog service LiveJournal, for an undisclosed amount of cash and stock, the company announced Thursday. |
 | | Brad Fitzpatrick, Danga's founder, president and lead developer, will join Six Apart as the company's chief architect. |
 | | Six Apart plans to expand the staff at Danga, and the company doesn't plan any layoffs in the acquisition, with LiveJournal's engineering team moving from Portland, Oregon, to Six Apart's San Francisco headquarters, said Jane Anderson, a Six Apart spokeswoman. |
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