Hey everyone,

Some exciting news here at Digg today. I’m thrilled to welcome Chas Edwards to Digg as our Chief Revenue Officer. Chas will oversee all current and future revenue generation activity for the company. Chas is known in the industry and his experience is perfect for us at this stage of our growth.

As you may know, we’ve been very focused on building an internal sales organization at Digg as part of our monetization strategy. Over the past several months, we’ve assembled a very talented direct sales team that will continue to be led by Tom Shin. Tom’s team has hit the ground running with much success and I believe that Chas will be a great addition. Tom Shin will report to Chas and the two will work closely together on Digg’s sales and advertising strategy. In addition, Chas will focus on creating new revenue streams for the company including sponsorships, new advertising programs and channels as well as help to manage our continued relationship with Microsoft.

Chas comes to Digg from Federated Media (FM) where he, together with John Battelle, co-founded and built an incredibly successful media publishing company over the past four years. Prior to FM, Chas held various sales and marketing roles at CNET and Tech TV (a company near and dear to our hearts).

Chas will be transitioning his role at FM over the next few weeks and officially joins Digg on June 22nd. We’re all very excited to have Chas on board and look forward to leveraging his expertise to continue to create an innovative and unique Digg experience for all of you.

Thanks,

-Jay