SAN FRANCISCO – May 11, 2005 – Six Apart, the leader in weblogging software and services, today announced that the company has been named one of the Red Herring Top 100 Private Companies in North America.
Six Apart was selected by Red Herring editors after they scrutinized the business models, financials and management teams of nearly 1,000 North American technology companies.

“Over the past few years, Six Apart has focused on leveraging its innovative technology and expertise to accommodate the growth of weblogging and to serve what we saw were two different markets: a software platform for corporations and a weblogging hosting service that anyone could use,�? said Barak Berkowitz, Six Apart’s CEO. “We are delighted to be recognized for our efforts by the editors of Red Herring, a technology magazine known for its insightful business reporting and analysis.�?

Six Apart will be honored at a dinner at the Red Herring Spring 2005 Conference in Monterey, California, on Wednesday, May 18. The conference caters to a diverse audience of more than 300 CEOs, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, as well as senior business and strategy executives from large public firms.

About Red Herring
Red Herring is the weekly magazine technology entrepreneurs, investors and industry observers read to stay ahead of the curve and to be better informed about the global marketplace. Red Herring covers technology, innovation, financial strategies, important personalities and trends that are transforming the world of business with unique insight, opinion and forward-looking analysis. Readers turn to Red Herring for knowledge to make strategic decisions, build companies and create a competitive advantage for their businesses. Red Herring articles, blogs, research and event information can be found online at www.redherring.com.

About Six Apart
Six Apart Ltd., based in San Francisco, Calif., is the company behind the Movable Type publishing platform, the TypePad personal weblogging service and LiveJournal, an online community organized around personal journals. Six Apart was founded by husband and wife team Ben Trott and Mena G. Trott in 2002, and joined by LiveJournal founder Brad Fitzpatrick early this year. The company is funded by Neoteny Co., Ltd. and August Capital. Six Apart’s sole focus is to create tools that enable millions 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, Movable Type and LiveJournal, visit the Six Apart corporate weblog at http://www.sixapart.com/.
Six Apart is a trademark of Six Apart Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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