San Mateo, CA—February 16, 2004— Ben Trott and Mena G. Trott, whose weblogging software has powered the weblogs of pundits, presidential candidates and everyday people, have been named to Fast Company’s third annual list of “Fast 50” innovators — individuals whose achievements have significantly advanced their companies or industries. The company they founded and currently lead, Six Apart, is known as the firm behind the popular Movable Type and TypePad weblogging software and services.

The husband and wife team designed the weblogging software from their home in 2001. The popularity of the Trott’s software led to the formation of Six Apart in 2002. The company creates tools that enable tens of thousands of individuals, organizations, and corporations to participate in the web's full potential by publishing their ideas on the Internet with simple, yet powerful software and services.

The Fast 50 will appear in the March issue of Fast Company, the nation’s leading magazine for management innovators, hitting newsstands on February 18. The list includes 50 exceptional achievers selected from online submissions by Fast Company readers. This year's list was selected from more than 1,650 entries submitted by individuals in 30 countries and nearly every state in the union. Profiles of the Fast 50, as well as all reader submissions, may be accessed online at the special Fast 50 Website at www.fastcompany.com/fast50

About Six Apart Ltd.

Six Apart Ltd., based in San Mateo, CA, is the company behind the Movable Type personal publishing system and the TypePad personal weblogging service. Founded by husband and wife team Ben Trott and Mena G. Trott in 2002 and funded by Neoteny Co., Ltd, Six Apart creates tools that enable tens of thousands of individuals, organizations and corporations to participate in the web's full potential by publishing their ideas on the Internet with simple, yet powerful software and services. For more information about Six Apart, TypePad and Movable Type, visit the Six Apart corporate weblog at www.sixapart.com.

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