Ning has tried several different iterations in a bid for social success, and now the company is re-vamping as a publishing platform, joining the legions of companies that are aiming at this strategy as well.
Why buy Ning? Aside from the obvious aspects — more scale and better stats for a possible IPO, an expanded ad network, subscription revenue…
Co-founded by Marc Andreessen, Ning, once among the highest-profile social network startups, gave up on its grandest plans a while ago and d…
Free social networks, blog publishing tools and microblogging sites. Free trials lasting weeks and weeks where we can kick the virtual tires of everything from Basecamp to Typepad. But what do we do when what we were getting for free is no longer free?
BroadVision, an enterprise software company that went public not long after Netscape and then spent almost a decade recovering from the Web 1.0 boom and bust, is launching a new SaaS offering called Clearvale, which it says is designed to bring social networking into the enterprise.
Looks like the departure exactly a month ago of long-time Ning CEO Gina Bianchini was not as benign as Ning tried to portray it. The build-y…
In a major reversal of strategy and a sign that the “freemium” model may no longer be the route to web-based riches, Ning’s new CEO says that the company is shutting down its free social networking service and will now provide only a 100-percent paid service.
Gina Bianchini, the long-time head (and co-founder) of build-your-own social network service Ning, is resigning; she’s joining Ning backer A…
Ning co-founder and CEO Gina Bianchini is leaving the company and is being replaced by current chief operating officer and former Opsware executive Jason Rosenthal. Bianchini is also becoming an executive in residence (EIR) at venture capital firm of Andreessen Horowitz.
Social networks have been copying from one another for years, but the updates that Facebook, Twitter and Ning announced yesterday took such mimicry to new heights. At this point, however, dominance of the space ultimately depends on user base size. And from that perspective, Facebook, with its more than 220 million registered users, has already taken the crown.
In the meantime, here’s a rundown of the updates each site released: Read More about Will Copying Each Other Help Social Networks Win?
