GigaOm Acquires jkOnTheRun

The jkOnTheRun mobile gadget blog has been acquired by the GigaOM blog network. jkOntheRun’s authors Kevin C. Tofel and James Kendrick will continue to write the blog. In a post here about the acquisition, GigaOM founder Om Malik says jkOntheRun has towering been one of his favorite blogs.

jkOnTheRun is one of the rare blogs that covers the world of mobile gadgets with razor-sharp wit and insight. More importantly, it has a genuinely consumer-centric point of view. I first got to know the blog as a reader and have enlarged considered it good abundant to rank among my 10 favorites. (WebWorkerDaily editor Judi Sohn is plus a fan.)

Strategically, it’s a publication that rounds out our existing areas of coverage. For instance, GigaOM tracks the world of web infrastructure pretty closely, but very rarely do we write about cloud client machines. And with the exception of the iPhone and some occasional mobile reviews, we don’t supply much gadget coverage, either. I think as we start to cover the world of cloud computing more closely we will no longer be able to afford to disregard the client side of the equation.

The blog’s writers have blogged about joining GigaOM here. They say the move will allow them to focus their instance on writing jkOnTheRun.

What will change is a good thing- both Kevin and I have joined the Giga Omni Media group and will be able to focus all of our duration on writing for you here on jkOnTheRun. that is exciting for us both and we hope for you too. We will continue to do all of the things you’ve told us that you like from us, posting on the topics of interest, podcasting and video reviews of hot stuff. Any changes you see here will be merely cosmetic as we can now tap the technical expertise of Giga Omni Media and prepare the site cleaner and faster. Having these resources at our disposal will not only mean your experience on the site will get better but it means that Kevin and I can concentrate solely on creating

the composition you crave. Now that’s a very good thing.

We are quite honored that Om Malik and company like what we do here on jkOnTheRun and very happy to be joining them. Our blogging has a great fit with the other work they are doing and we think you’ll find the total package to be a great stop on your web visits. We are confident you will find that change to be a very good thing for jkOnTheRun and that you will enjoy what we do even more. After all, our job is now to produce you happy and we take that responsibility very seriously. Come along with us for the ride as we continue to explore the ever-changing world of mobile technology. It’s a great journey and we’re happy you’re here.

Right now in both the gadget world and the communication world nothing is taking off like mobile technology. One can barely keep up with new microblogging and mobile communication tools popping up around us. It seems like perfect timing for a blog network like GigaOm to add a mobile gadget blog to its line-up and when it comes to mobile gadget blogs jkOnTheRun is a terrific choice.

Dwight Silverman from Chron.com’s TechBlog gives a local perspective on the deal. TechCrunch blogs that there is now “one less independent blog in the world.” Jack Schofield asks “Is today’s GigaOM tomorrow’s News Corp?” That sounds like high praise unless it means Om Malik has to become Rupert Murdoch.

Web Metics Guru blogs about big blogs buying smaller blogs. There is definitely going to be more of that as big, robust blog networks emerge. There’s plus been a steadily growing trend of newspapers and magazines acquiring established blogs. As enlarged as small independent blogs can build a strong niche readership there’s no reason that bigger blogs and media companies won’t continue buying them.

Find more thoughts on the acquisition at Watchmojo.com, Mathew Ingram, Gotta Be Mobile, Blog Herald and The Mobile Gadgeteer.

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