uses see 6a disambiguation . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message six apart type private industry software & programming founded san francisco california united states 2001 headquarters tokyo japan key people nobuhiro seki ceo products movable type zenback typepad website www.sixapart.com www.sixapart.jp six apart ltd. sometimes abbreviated 6a is a software company known for creating the movable type blogware typepad blog hosting service and vox . the company also is the former owner of livejournal . six apart is headquartered in tokyo and is planning to open an office in new york . the name is a reference to the six day age difference between its married co founders ben and mena trott . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 2003 2006 1.2 2007 1.3 2008 1.4 2010 1.5 2011 2 references 3 external links history edit the company was founded in september 2001 after ben during a period of unemployment wrote what became movable type to allow mena to easily produce her weblog . when version 1.0 was put on the web it was downloaded over 100 times in the first hour . 1 2003 2006 edit in 2003 six apart received initial venture capital funding from a group led by joi ito and his neoteny co. which allowed the company to hire additional employees acquire a french weblog publishing company and unveil plans for what was to become its hosted weblog publishing system typepad . in 2004 six apart completed a second round of funding with august capital which allowed it to make acquisitions of other companies . in january 2005 six apart purchased danga interactive parent company of livejournal from owner brad fitzpatrick who was named six apart s chief architect . in march 2006 six apart announced the acquisition of the splashblog camera phone blogging service . june 2006 saw the release of their new web 2.0 blogging platform vox . its ceo is chris alden . prominent weblogger anil dash joined the company in 2003 as did former head of wired digital andrew anker . six apart s board of directors consists of barak berkowitz mena trott david marquardt david hornik reid hoffman and jun makihara . on september 6 2006 six apart bought rojo.com . president chris alden became executive vice president of six apart and general manager of movable type . cto aaron emigh became executive vice president and general manager of core technologies . 2 wikinews has related news six apart acquire rojo 2007 edit on september 15 2007 chairman and chief executive barak berkowitz stepped aside and was replaced by chris alden who had run the company s professional software unit . 3 on december 2 2007 six apart announced it was selling livejournal to sup fabrik a russian media company that had licensed the livejournal brand and software for use in russia . 4 2008 edit on april 21 2008 six apart said it acquired apperceptive a new york social media agency as part of its new strategy . it declined to disclose financial terms of the deal . it is also partnering with advertising agency adify . just as in an advertising network bloggers will be able to sign up and participate in advertising campaigns managed by six apart . 5 on december 1 2008 six apart announced the acquisition of micro blogging website pownce . 6 the pownce website was shut down on december 15 . the key developers of pownce leah culver and mike malone stayed on at six apart through early 2010 7 with pownce technology being integrated into typepad and typepad conversations . 2010 edit on september 2 2010 six apart announced that they would be shutting down their blogging social networking site vox with a final termination date set for september 30 2010 . 8 beginning from september 15 2010 vox users would not be able to post new blog posts . on september 22 six apart announced its intention to join forces with videoegg to create a modern media company called say media . the combined entity which will capitalize on the massive changes in how people consume media in the social age will offer advertisers the influence of a blog the reach of a portal and the efficiency of a network and will continue to embrace the six apart mission to make publishers successful by helping them share their passions and grow and monetize their online audiences . 2011 edit on january 21 2011 say media announced that it was selling the six apart brand and the worldwide movable type business to infocom a japanese information technology company . 9 10 as a result of this transaction the headquarters of six apart is now tokyo japan . 11 nobuhiro seki who was general manager of six apart k.k. prior to this announcement became president and ceo of six apart . 12 references edit a b trott mena g. six apart history . six apart ltd. archived from the original on 2006 08 22 . retrieved 2006 09 08 . six apart acquires rojo networks . six apart ltd. 2006 09 06 . retrieved 2006 09 08 . executive shuffle at blog software maker six apart reuters 14 september 2007 . web.archive.org . 2007 09 14 . archived from the original on october 9 2007 . retrieved 2014 07 29 . news livejournal & sup . news.livejournal.com . 2007 12 03 . retrieved 2014 07 29 . lee ellen . six apart will blog for food . sfgate.com . retrieved 2014 07 29 . blog welcome pownce team . six apart . 2008 12 01 . retrieved 2014 07 29 . pownce founder leah culver leaves six apart . techcrunch . 2010 02 12 . retrieved 2014 07 29 . 1 archived september 2 2010 at the wayback machine . six apart japan to be acquired by infocom and assume responsibility for movable type and six apart brand . movable type finds a new home at infocom . six apart contact us page . six apart management page . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title six apart & oldid 737159507 categories software companies of 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