A bailout for journalists

The New York Times reports media start-up Six Apart is offering recently laid off bloggers and journalists free pro blog accounts that normally come with a $150 annual fee. A handful of journalists will also be eligible for additional perks: "professional tech support, placement on the company's blog aggregation site, Blogs.com, and automatic enrollment in the company's advertising revenue-sharing program."

From the story:

Anil Dash, a former blogger and current vice president at Six Apart, announced the program Nov. 14, shortly after the company made its own staff cuts. Mr. Dash fired off a blog post: "Hello recently-laid-off or fearful-of-layoffs journalist! We're Six Apart (you know us as the nice folks who make Movable Type of TypePad, which maybe you used for blogging at your old newspaper or magazine) and we want to help you."

The company has already received 300 applications.  

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