Interview With Digg Team - New Stats, New Features

18 December Michael Arrington

Digg is launching several new features this morning that signal a strategic shift in the company’s all news focus to date. They’ve added a podcasting content area, enhanced the video area and are signalling that new content areas are coming as well. Among the changes, users will now be able to consume audio and video content directly on Digg. Another key feature addition is the launch of “Top 10 Stories,” which is a quick view of the ten hottest stories on Digg at any given time. See TechCrunch for the full story and screenshots.

I spoke to Digg founder Kevin Rose, CEO Jay Adelson and VP Marketing Mike Maser for a few minutes to talk about the changes. We also discussed how Digg acquired the SpikeTheVote domain name, Digg’s current user stats, their upcoming financing and other issues.

Time: 38:59 Minutes
Size: 8.9 MB

 
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  27. Comments

  28. Darren

    how about you actually ask them some questions about all the C and D letters next time Mike and why they won’t respond to emails from community developers about such issues.

    you tend to give these guys an easy ride on techcrunch.

  29. camille

    Nice new features. Digg once again brings the best to news junkies.

  30. jag

    nice show…digg looking good

  31. Mittop

    Excellent interview. I enjoyed it.

  32. tcoop25

    @Darren

    You understand that they have to send out those C and D letters or they will lose their trademark. This is similar to Apple stopping people from using iPod in their products. In order to have something trademarked, you have to actively protect that trademark.

  33. Tim Bednar

    Umm…when did changing the navigation and adding podcasts become worthy of treating this like some sort of worthwhile announcement. New navigation and a couple new features are just boring. Sorry for the tone, but this is the second time digg has been on your podcast and still nothing all that interesting “announced”.