<s>
Weblogs	B-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
was	O
a	O
blog	O
network	O
that	O
published	O
content	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
subjects	O
,	O
including	O
tech	O
news	O
,	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
automobiles	O
and	O
pop	O
culture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
blogs	O
included	O
:	O
Engadget	B-Application
,	O
Autoblog	O
,	O
TUAW	O
,	O
Joystiq	O
,	O
Luxist	O
,	O
Slashfood	O
,	O
Cinematical	O
,	O
TV	O
Squad	O
,	O
Download	O
Squad	O
,	O
Blogging	O
Baby	O
,	O
Gadling	O
,	O
AdJab	O
,	O
and	O
Blogging	O
Stocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
Engadget	B-Application
and	O
Autoblog	O
are	O
the	O
only	O
remaining	O
brands	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
now	O
existing	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
By	O
early	O
2004	O
,	O
Weblogs	B-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
and	O
Gawker	O
Media	O
were	O
establishing	O
the	O
two	O
most	O
notable	O
templates	O
for	O
networked	O
blog	O
empires	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Weblogs	B-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
few	O
dozen	O
blogs	O
,	O
all	O
residing	O
as	O
subdomains	O
of	O
weblogsinc.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
exception	O
was	O
Engadget	B-Application
,	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
site	O
covering	O
new	O
technology	O
in	O
blog	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engadget	B-Application
was	O
co-founded	O
by	O
Peter	O
Rojas	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
editor	O
of	O
Gizmodo	O
in	O
the	O
Gawker	O
Media	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weblogs	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
was	O
sold	O
to	O
AOL	O
for	O
a	O
reported	O
$25million	O
in	O
October	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weblogs	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
continued	O
to	O
operate	O
independently	O
from	O
AOL	O
's	O
other	O
content	O
websites	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
,	O
until	O
AOL	O
began	O
phasing	O
out	O
the	O
Weblogs	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
branding	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
,	O
consolidating	O
to	O
a	O
few	O
of	O
the	O
strongest	O
titles	O
,	O
and	O
integrating	O
more	O
closely	O
with	O
its	O
namesake	O
media	O
division	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
AOL	O
News	O
,	O
AOL	O
Autos	O
,	O
AOL	O
Tech	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
until	O
mid-2010	O
,	O
Weblogs	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
branding	O
remained	O
subtly	O
alongside	O
AOL	O
's	O
,	O
on	O
titles	O
like	O
Engadget	B-Application
and	O
Autoblog	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
late	O
2010	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
dropped	O
and	O
the	O
official	O
website	O
was	O
redirected	O
to	O
AOL.com,	O
approximately	O
coinciding	O
with	O
a	O
major	O
redesign	O
of	O
AOL	O
branded	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
AOL	O
's	O
$315million	O
acquisition	O
of	O
The	O
Huffington	O
Post	O
in	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
Weblogs	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
blogs	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
TechCrunch	O
and	O
many	O
of	O
AOL	O
's	O
other	O
content	O
brands	O
,	O
were	O
reorganized	O
under	O
a	O
new	O
division	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Huffington	O
Post	O
Media	O
Group	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Months	O
after	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
AOL	O
further	O
consolidated	O
its	O
total	O
count	O
of	O
content	O
websites	O
to	O
just	O
20	O
brands	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
Engadget	B-Application
,	O
Autoblog	O
,	O
Joystiq	O
,	O
and	O
TUAW	O
were	O
the	O
only	O
remaining	O
former	O
Weblogs	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joystiq	O
and	O
TUAW	O
were	O
shut	O
down	O
and	O
folded	O
into	O
Engadget	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
AOL	O
Autos	O
and	O
AOL	O
Tech	O
were	O
shut	O
down	O
and	O
redirected	O
to	O
Autoblog	O
and	O
Engadget	B-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
AOL	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Verizon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
AOL	O
's	O
content	O
business	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
that	O
of	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
acquired	O
by	O
Verizon	B-Application
,	O
were	O
combined	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
online	O
media	O
subsidiary	O
called	O
Oath	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
Engadget	B-Application
and	O
Autoblog	O
are	O
the	O
only	O
remaining	O
former	O
Weblogs	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
in	O
March	O
2004	O
,	O
Engadget	B-Application
is	O
updated	O
multiple	O
times	O
a	O
day	O
with	O
articles	O
on	O
gadgets	B-Application
and	O
consumer	O
electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engadget	B-Application
is	O
a	O
webzine	O
that	O
looks	O
like	O
a	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winner	O
of	O
a	O
2014	O
Webby	O
Award	O
for	O
its	O
original	O
video	O
series	O
The	O
List	O
,	O
Autoblog	O
produces	O
daily	O
articles	O
and	O
videos	O
covering	O
all	O
facets	O
of	O
the	O
auto	O
industry	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
weekly	O
video	O
podcast	B-Operating_System
featuring	O
the	O
editors	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TV	O
Squad	O
was	O
originally	O
conceptualized	O
to	O
allow	O
any	O
Weblogs	B-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
blogger	O
to	O
write	O
about	O
the	O
television	O
shows	O
they	O
watch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
a	O
core	O
group	O
of	O
bloggers	O
for	O
the	O
site	O
was	O
realized	O
,	O
with	O
several	O
other	O
Weblogs	B-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
bloggers	O
contributing	O
on	O
an	O
irregular	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
