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• 05/23/2007:

  Cox Newspapers Experiences More Than Five Million Pluck BlogBurst Views in First Thirty Days

  Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dayton Daily News and Palm Beach Post Join Austin American-Statesman to Leverage BlogBurst's Growing Content Network

• 03/05/2007:

  USA TODAY Taps Pluck Social Media Technologies to Create Conversations Around News

  New USATODAY.com Design Features Blogs, Photo Sharing, Reader Comments, Personas and Social Networking for Millions of Site Visitors

• 02/22/2007:

  Pluck Names the "BlogBurst 100" List for Fourth Quarter of 2006

  Leading Blogs Are Most Viewed Across BlogBurst Media Partners Sites, Including Reuters, FOX News, USA Today and More

• 02/07/2007:

  Internet Broadcasting Posts Blogs from the Pluck BlogBurst Syndication Network on its National Platform of TV Station Web Sites

  Largest Publisher of TV Station Web Sites Expands Reach of Blogs to More Than 70 of its Broadcast Partner Web Sites

• 12/05/2006:

  Pluck Launches Version 1.0 of BlogBurst Blog Syndication Network

  Network Grows to 3,000 Bloggers; Expands Audience Reach by Tens of Millions through New Syndication Partners, Including USA TODAY, Rodale, Discovery, Guardian Unlimited, IDG UK, Reuters and TELUS

• 11/14/2006:

  Reuters to Provide Blog Content from the World's Largest Syndication Network to Thousands of News Outlets Worldwide

  Reuters To Offer Pluck Corporation's BlogBurst™ Content As Part of Reuters News and Information Service

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• 04/13/07 MediaPost

  USAToday.com Registrations Up 380% Since Makeover

  Excerpt:

  To achieve the site's new look and feel, USA Today enlisted the proprietary social media services of Pluck Corp. Pluck SiteLife, for example, makes possible reader blogs, photo sharing, content ratings, reader comments, and forums, while Pluck BlogBurst is a blog syndication network with some 3,400 blogs serving up content to major news outlets, magazines and broadcast networks worldwide.

  "Our relationship with Pluck has enabled us to integrate social media tools throughout the site, creating a powerful combination of content and community to engage and inform our readers," said Webber.

  Read the complete article (registration required)

• 03/06/07 MediaPost

  USA Today Relaunches Web Site As News-Driven Social Network

• 03/05/07 Editor & Publisher

  USA Today Site Redesign Goes Live

• 03/05/07 Newspapers & Technology

  USA Today launches redesigned Web site

• 03/05/07 Adotas

  USAToday.com Turns Readers Into Users

• 02/15/07 GuardianUnlimited

  Reuters Media president: This will be a golden age of journalism

• 12/14/06 Mashable!

  19 Ways To Make Social Sites Pay

• 12/05/06 MediaPost

  Pluck Upgrades BlogBurst

• 12/05/06 Editors Weblog

  Cooperation between newspapers and blogs: interview with Pluck's Eric Newman

• 12/04/06 New York Times

  Have Camera Phone? Yahoo and Reuters Want You to Work for Their News Service

• 11/16/06 Seeking Alpha

  Reuters Invests in Pluck, Commits To Blogs

• 11/15/06 The Guardian

  Reuters pays $7m to put bloggers in the news

• 11/15/06 Wired News

  Startups Start Over

• 11/15/06 KUT-FM

  Blogs Come of Age? (audio file)

• 11/15/06 All Headline News

  Pluck Receives $7 Million Bid For Undisclosed Stake

• 11/15/06MediaPost

  Reuters Invests In Blog Syndication Firm

• 11/15/06 SDA India

  Reuters Invests USD 7 Mln in Blog Aggregator, Pluck

• 11/15/06Editor's Weblog

  Reuters joins with blog syndication service

• 11/15/06 New Media Age

  Reuters invests £3.7m in new blog strategy

• 11/14/06 Digital Trends

  Reuters Plucks at Blogosphere

• 11/14/06 EContent

  Pluck Raises $7 Million from Reuters

• 11/14/06 PaidContent.org

  More on Reuters' Funding of Pluck

• 11/14/06 MediaWeek

  Reuters to Syndicate Blogs Via Pluck

• 11/14/06 Information Week

  Reuters News Agency To Offer Blogs Through BlogBurst Network

• 11/14/06 Red Herring

  Reuters Invests in Pluck

• 11/14/06 Wall Street Journal

  Reuters Invests in Blog Distributor
  (subscription required)

• 11/14/06 Media Week

  Reuters to Syndicate Blogs Via Pluck

• 11/14/06 Editor & Publisher

  Reuters to Syndicate Content From Blog Network BlogBurst

• 11/14/06 Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

  Reuters invests $7M in Pluck

• 11/14/06 Austin Business Journal

  Reuters takes stake in Austin blogging firm

• 11/14/06 ADOTAS

  Reuters Feeling Plucky About Blogs

• 11/14/06 WebProNews

  Reuters, Pluck Offer Blog Syndication

• 11/14/06 PaidContent.org

  More on Reuters' Funding of Pluck

• 11/14/06 Reuters

  Reuters takes stake in Pluck, to syndicate blogs

• 11/14/06 Financial Times

  Reuters moves into the world of blogs
  (subscription required)

• 10/25/06 FastCompany

  Citizen Media: The High School Years

• 10/06/06 WebProNews

  Austin Paper Offers Blogs To Local Politicos

• 9/08/06 Austin American Statesman

  Management-level hirings and promotions in the Austin area

• 9/06/06 Editor & Publisher

  Blog-Syndication Network Has New Managing Editor

• 9/06/06 ClickZ Network

  Execs & Accounts

• 8/25/06 Big Vision Media

  Louisiana Woman Documents Katrina Experience Online

• 7/11/06 Online Media, Marketing and Advertising

  10 Sites Worth Watching (subscription required)

• 6/26/06 Austin American-Statesman

  Pluck adds women-only stream to its blog feed

• 6/20/06 Blogging Times

  BlogHer Partners with Pluck

• 6/06/06 Newspapers & Technology

  Bog or cog? Blogs forcing newspapers to re-examine role

• 6/01/06 CNET News.com

  Newspapers woo bloggers with mixed results

• 5/31/06 Yahoo! Finance

  Spot-On.Com Announces Partnership With Pluck

• 5/17/06 Online Media Daily

  Pluck Signs New Publishers for BlogBurst

• 5/08/06 DEMO

  Pluck blog syndication service adds major newspapers

• 5/03/06 Papers' Web sites feature outside blogs

  ABC News
  San Jose Mercury News
  Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
  Yahoo News

• 5/03/06 SYS-CON Media

  Major Newspapers Syndicate First Blog Content Via BlogBurst

• 5/03/06 Austin dBusiness News

  Major Newspapers Syndicate First Blog Content Via BlogBurst

• 5/02/06 WebProNews

  BlogBurst Puts Blogs In The News

• 5/02/06 Infoworld

  Blogs get some blast

• 5/02/06 Editor & Publisher

  Major Newspapers Syndicating and Displaying Blog Content Online

• 4/21/06 Freelance UK

  Bloggers sign up to the mainstream

• 4/19/06 The Daily Toreador

  Three Texas papers will try to marry unlikely partners: blogs and newsprint

• 4/17/06 Newspapers & Technology

  Blog Syndication Service Debuts

• 4/16/06 Toronto Star

  Not all they're blogged up to be

• 4/11/06USA Today

  Ad money lures established media into uncharted waters

• 4/11/06 CBS News: Public Eye Blog

  The Blogosphere, in Reruns

• 4/11/06 ABC News (video)

  Old Papers Greet New Media

• 4/11/06 Reuters TV (video)

  Newspapers to get blogger commentary

• 4/11/06 Online Media Daily

  Pluck To Launch Blog Syndication Service

• 4/11/06 BusinessWeek

  A Bloggy Boost for Old Media

• 4/10/06 The Editors Weblog

  More newspapers to sign up for blog content distribution system

• 4/09/06 Newspapers sign on to syndicated blog service

  USA Today
  Reuters UK
  c|net News.com
  Boston.com
  Yahoo
  CNNMoney
  Wired
  eWeek
  ZDNet