<s>
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
Ltd.	O
,	O
sometimes	O
abbreviated	O
6A	B-Protocol
,	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
known	O
for	O
creating	O
the	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
blogware	O
,	O
TypePad	B-Protocol
blog	O
hosting	O
service	O
,	O
and	O
Vox	O
(	O
the	O
blogging	O
platform	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
is	O
the	O
former	O
owner	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
is	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
September	O
2001	O
after	O
Ben	O
,	O
during	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
unemployment	O
,	O
wrote	O
what	O
became	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
to	O
allow	O
Mena	O
to	O
easily	O
produce	O
her	O
weblog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
received	O
initial	O
venture	O
capital	O
funding	O
from	O
a	O
group	O
led	O
by	O
Joi	O
Ito	O
and	O
his	O
Neoteny	O
Co.	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
hire	O
additional	O
employees	O
,	O
acquire	O
a	O
French	O
weblog	O
publishing	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
unveil	O
plans	O
for	O
what	O
was	O
to	O
become	O
its	O
hosted	O
weblog	O
publishing	O
system	O
,	O
TypePad	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
completed	O
a	O
second	O
round	O
of	O
funding	O
with	O
August	O
Capital	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
it	O
to	O
make	O
acquisitions	O
of	O
other	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2005	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
purchased	O
Danga	O
Interactive	O
,	O
parent	O
company	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
from	O
owner	O
Brad	O
Fitzpatrick	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
named	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
's	O
chief	O
architect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2006	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
the	O
SplashBlog	O
camera	O
phone	O
blogging	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
CEO	B-Application
is	O
Chris	O
Alden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
's	O
board	O
of	O
directors	O
consists	O
of	O
Barak	O
Berkowitz	O
,	O
Mena	O
Trott	O
,	O
David	O
Marquardt	O
,	O
David	O
Hornik	O
,	O
Reid	O
Hoffman	O
,	O
and	O
Jun	O
Makihara	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
6	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
bought	O
Rojo.com	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
President	O
Chris	O
Alden	O
became	O
executive	O
vice	O
president	O
of	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
and	O
general	O
manager	O
of	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
2	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
announced	O
it	O
was	O
selling	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
to	O
SUP	O
Fabrik	O
,	O
a	O
Russian	O
media	O
company	O
that	O
had	O
licensed	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
brand	O
and	O
software	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
Russia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
said	O
it	O
acquired	O
Apperceptive	O
,	O
a	O
New	O
York	O
social	O
media	O
agency	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
new	O
strategy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
as	O
in	O
an	O
advertising	O
network	O
,	O
bloggers	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
sign	O
up	O
and	O
participate	O
in	O
advertising	O
campaigns	O
managed	O
by	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
micro	O
blogging	O
website	O
Pownce	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pownce	B-Protocol
website	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
December	O
15	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
key	O
developers	O
of	O
Pownce	B-Protocol
(	O
Leah	O
Culver	O
and	O
Mike	O
Malone	O
)	O
stayed	O
on	O
at	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
through	O
early	O
2010	O
,	O
with	O
Pownce	B-Protocol
technology	O
being	O
integrated	O
into	O
TypePad	B-Protocol
and	O
TypePad	B-Protocol
Conversations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
2	O
,	O
2010	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
shutting	O
down	O
their	O
blogging/social	O
networking	O
site	O
Vox	O
with	O
a	O
final	O
termination	O
date	O
set	O
for	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
announced	O
its	O
intention	O
to	O
join	O
forces	O
with	O
VideoEgg	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
modern	O
media	O
company	O
called	O
SAY	O
Media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
21	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
SAY	O
Media	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
selling	O
the	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
brand	O
and	O
the	O
worldwide	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
business	O
to	O
Infocom	O
,	O
a	O
Japanese	O
information	O
technology	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
transaction	O
,	O
the	O
headquarters	O
of	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
is	O
now	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nobuhiro	O
Seki	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
general	O
manager	O
of	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
,	O
K.K.	O
</s>
<s>
prior	O
to	O
this	O
announcement	O
,	O
became	O
president	O
and	O
CEO	B-Application
of	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
