Ning Competitor Big Tent Raises $5 Million


	Ning Competitor Big Tent Raises $5 Million

Digidave

1-16-2008 8:06 PM

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Digidave says:

At least three of our beat bloggers are using Ning. I have never heard of BigTent before, but they should stay on our radar as a possible alternative.

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