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Metblogs, the comeback! 28 May 2010 | 12:07 pm
Dear Readers, Last Friday we announced that due to financial trouble Metblogs would be going offline at the end of the month. During the course of the following days we recieved many many many emails...
Well, that just happened… 22 May 2010 | 12:29 pm
UPDATE: The 4th quarter miracle we were all hoping for seems to be happening. No specific details yet, but we think we have options that will allow the sites to continue on. More info very soon, in th...
Wherein we talk about the future of Metblogs 29 Jan 2010 | 09:47 am
In mid-2003 Jason DeFillippo and I met up in person for the first time at a Starbucks on Melrose Avenue to talk about an idea we both had for a cool new blog about Los Angeles. The concept of a group ...
All things new and shiny! 28 Aug 2009 | 11:09 am
Astute readers and people with eyes alike will notice that things look a little different around here. It’s true, we’ve given ourselves a facelift! Yes it’s very exciting, but try to contain yourself....
Urban Journal Launches 19 May 2009 | 03:54 am
New site launch: Urban Journal Behind the scenes here there is so much being worked on and I’m really excited to launch something we’ve been working on for a few months in one form or another. After ...
#57: San Diego! 18 Feb 2009 | 06:03 am
This is an exciting morning for us here at Metblogs. We’ve just launched a blog in San Diego which not only marks our 57th city, but also our 6th city in California making it our most popular state by...
New Feature: Embed a post on your own site 20 Jan 2009 | 12:34 pm
A few weeks ago I was having coffee with Joi Ito and he mentioned that he’d love to feature his Metblogs posts on his own blog, or point out ones he really liked but just a list of headline links wasn...
Come Blog With Us 14 Jan 2009 | 05:26 am
We’ve been getting a lot of interest from new potential authors recently, which makes perfect sense as we’re in the middle of tearing apart and fixing up some of the systems that make that process run...
Story Maps are live! 2 Dec 2008 | 06:27 am
We’re excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with the folks at outside.in to bring Story Maps to most of our US sites as of this weekend. These little maps which you’ll find on the right side of the...
Riots in Karachi 30 Nov 2008 | 08:10 am
Only initial reports at the moment, but we’re hearing 8 people have been killed and 77 wounded overnight in Karachi where riots broke out. Karachi Metblogs has some info and will be updating as they h...