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Digg Dialogg with Google's Marissa Mayer
Hey everyone, We're excited to announce our next Digg Dialogg guest, technology luminary Marissa Mayer from Google. Marissa joined Google as their first female engineer in 1999 and was among the first 20 employees. She is currently their Vice President of Search Products and User Experience, and has been responsible for leading & developing products including Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Earth and iGoogle.
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
DiggBar and Digg Short URLs
Hey everyone, I wanted to clear up some confusion created over the past couple of days surrounding the DiggBar, specifically how Digg short URLs work. As we've stated in the past , the DiggBar is meant to streamline the Digg experience and provide our registered users with the opportunity to catch up on comments, related stories and additional source content. Our strategy with Digg short URLs is to facilitate sharing of Digg content,
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
Welcome Chas Edwards, Digg's new CRO
Hey everyone, Some exciting news here at Digg today . I'm thrilled to welcome Chas Edwards to Digg as our Chief Revenue Officer. Chas will oversee all current and future revenue generation activity for the company. Chas is known in the industry and his experience is perfect for us at this stage of our growth. As you may know, we've been very focused on building an internal sales organization at Digg as part of our monetization strategy. Over the past several months,
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
Digg Dialogg with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger!
Hey everyone - Following the excitement of our last Digg Dialogg with Richard Branson, including the infamous fist fight challenge with Stephen Colbert, we are looking forward to mixing it up a bit. Join us for our next Digg Dialogg where we ask Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the top questions from the Digg Community. Ask and vote on questions for Gov. Schwarzenegger' Arnold Schwarzenegger is a world-famous athlete and actor, and most recently, California's 38th Governor.
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
Digg Townhall next Tuesday May 19th!
Hey Everyone, It's that time again. We're hosting our next virtual Digg Townhall on Tuesday , May 19th at 5pm PT/8pm ET. It's been an incredibly busy quarter full of activity here at Digg. We're looking forward to taking your questions and sharing Digg updates. So please submit and Digg up the questions that you'd like us to address. Kevin and I will respond to the most popular ones live via webcast on the Townhall page.
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
Brief update on Digg
Hey all, Wanted to reach out to folks with an update on Digg and our priorities for 2009 as well as address some of the recent speculation about our business. As we've often stated over the past couple of months, given the current economic climate, we've made the decision to take a more conservative approach to our expansion plans and aggressively focus on reaching profitability within the year.
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
Digg Dialogg with Al Gore & Election Week Follow-Up
Hey All, Last week, former Vice President and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore was our second Digg Dialogg guest. For those of you who didn't catch the program on Current TV this weekend, you can watch it online here and at Current . The Digg community submitted over 1,000 questions, ranging topics from the election to Al Gore's Twitter account . We've included a quick highlight below )the full version is available at the links above(.
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
Big News: Expanding & Growing Digg
Hey All â" Today is a big day for Digg. We're announcing a major expansion effort â" the largest we've undergone in our history. With a new round of funding, we're accelerating many of the programs that we've been working on over the past several months, including investments in infrastructure, new feature development, international expansion and hiring all the people we need to get there. You've given us some great feedback on how we can make Digg better.
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
Digg at the Conventions
Hey all- The politics section of Digg took off and has grown faster than almost any other content area on the site. Since then, we've added new categories for political opinion, political news and the 2008 U.S. elections. And, last fall we launched Digg the Candidates as another way to discover news on Digg and to follow content on the candidates and see what they are Digging. As the U.S. election season hits full swing,
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
Digg Townhall and Meet-up News
Hey all! Thanks for tuning in to our Digg Townhall on Tuesday night. Keep the feedback coming! If you missed it, you can catch the past Townhalls at digg.com/townhall . Be sure to mark your calendar for a few upcoming events " Digg is coming to The Big Apple for Internet Week and we're teaming up with Revision3 to throw a Digg Meet-up and live Diggnation on June 4th. Join us at Studio B in Brooklyn from 6pm-midnight to meet fellow Diggers and folks from the Digg team.
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
Earth Day & Digg Meet-up News
Hey all, Happy Earth Day! I'm thrilled to announce that Digg has been recognized as a key source of environmental news by The Daily Green and its "Heart of Green" award. The Environment topic on Digg has become one of the biggest sources for environmental content anywhere on the Web. So, in honor of Earth Day, we encourage each of you to Digg or submit something that you care about! I also want to remind everyone that tonight we're celebrating our first Digg meet-up.
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
Rumors and Speculation
Hey all, Normally our policy is to not comment about things like this, but this morning's rumors about a bidding war involving Google and Microsoft have created such a stir we feel compelled to tell you all directly that they are completely inaccurate. Sorry to burst any drama theories, but they aren't true. We remain focused on improving Digg and rolling out great features.
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
Save the Date: Announcing Digg Town Halls
Hey all, We're always looking for ways to have more conversations with you to learn how we can improve Digg. To do this on a regular basis, we are launching a series of Digg Town Hall Meetings. We're holding the first of these the evening of Monday February 25th , where Kevin and I will give an update on what's happening at Digg, discuss topics that you propose, and answer your questions. It will be webcast live and made available for download afterwards on Digg.
author: Jay Adelson
publisher: Digg
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