August 2nd, 2007
Canadian treehuggers, penguins, and journalists strike it rich on the web
1. ClubPenguin.com, a virtual playground for kids (and animated penguins), sold to Disney for $350M. The company is based in British Columbia.
2. NowPublic.com, a crowd-powered news site (AKA citizen journalism), received $10.6M in financing. The company is also based in British Columbia.
3. Treehugger.com, a popular (and my favourite) green-friendly blog, sold to Discovery Communications for a reported $10M. The company's founder is a Canadian from Ottawa.
In my humble world, our video podcast commandN is celebrating its 100th episode tonight in Toronto. We are accepting million-dollar purchase offers, or simply show up and raise a glass or two with us at our party. All welcome.
March 14th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (8)
Posted by: John | around 11 months ago
Take lots of pictures for those of us too far away to attend.
Posted by: Christoph | around 11 months ago
Congrats on your 100th Episode. Wow! take care, Chris
Posted by: Bart Dabek | around 11 months ago
I'll be there Amber :) oh and BTW I'll take a cool million too for http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/ btw any possibility of doing a little promo interview on cp24... we have mostly Canadian members... over 800 and growing...
Posted by: Tod Maffin | around 11 months ago
I was really happy to see the investment in NowPublic, but have <a href="http://www.todmaffin.com/blog/nowpublic_flawed" rel="nofollow">some thoughs about NowPublic's ability to cover a story</a> like the bridge collapse.
Posted by: Glen Farrelly | around 11 months ago
I was stunned by Club Penguin's success. I was trying to think of other Canadian Internet success stories of a similar magnitude. I blogged about a few (eg. LavaLife, Flickr, CryptoLogic) and wanted to find other Canadian Internet success stories. I mentioned NowPublic and Cambrian House (mentioned in Business 2.0 this month) but am looking for any others as I don’t think Canadians celebrate their successes enough (however limited that may be). Any help is appreciated... http://glenfarrelly.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Jim Guistwite | around 11 months ago
Judging by my kids (9 and 10 years old) interest in Club Penguin, I'm not surprised by the service's popularity. It is Second Life for kids, and from what I can tell, is safe for them to be on.
Posted by: rico | around 11 months ago
hey that is pretty creepy, anyways people are just jealous of you
Posted by: Chris (Amateur Traveler podcast) | around 11 months ago
Cogratulations on your 100th episode. I have enjoyed them all, but I am surprised how quickly you got to 100. My show also celebrates 100 episodes this weekend but that was over 2 years.