Wow, when I wrote last night that
Kevin Rose doesn't really use Digg anymore, I had no idea how perfect the timing was. It turns out
Rose really has tuned out. Because, say multiple sources, he's already resigned from the company and is closing a $1+ million financing round for a new startup he's founded. Rose first
launched Digg in December 2004. The service was an instant hit, and for a long while just all the big players thought about acquiring the company. Things never got so close as they did in mid-2008, when
Google took Digg all the way to the altar before
walking away at the last minute. Digg would have been sold for some $200 million. Every employee knew about the deal because Google had interviewed them all individually. Credit to then-CEO
Jay Adelson for getting everyone back on track after the deal fell apart. But those were the glory days for Digg. The site faded as newer services like Twitter and Facebook became ubiquitous. Rose and Adelson
had a falling out, Rose stopped coming by the office much for months, and one of them had to go. It was Adelson. Rose took over as CEO until they
hired Matt Williams last Fall.
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