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Headline:

Digg plans global expansion

Synopsis:

Kevin Rose says his site will take on imitations with local-language versions in Germany, Spain, Japan and beyond.

Digg, the popular social news site, is to expand around the world in different languages, Kevin Rose, its founder and chief architect, told The Times.

The company, which last month announced it had raised $28.7 million in a new round of venture funding, has ambitious plans to take on copycat sites in Europe and the Far East.

News stories and other content on Digg are submitted by the site’s visitors, who also vote for the stories they like. The submissions with the most votes are posted on the site’s homepage, which represents a snapshot of the most popular online stories among the Digg community at any one time.

Publish date:

10 October 2008

Author:

Mike Harvey

Source:

The Times

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