Shiny Media has hit yet another traffic goal:

Shiny has had its best month ever in November with over 2.3 million people visting our sites during November. There has been a massive growth in our technology blogs in particular with over one million people checking them out.

Impressive numbers!

b5media has launched round II of their Business Channel expansion:

It was just two weeks ago (exactly) that we launched the first round of blogs in the b5media Business Channel. Now, we are ready for Round II and we are excited to officially launch the following blogs:

– Brandcurve: all about branding in today’s changing world. – Common Sense PR: a blog about business communications in the real world. – Contract Worker: resources, tips, tricks, and information for freelancers and other contract workers looking to make a living on their own. – Property Crossroads: all about real estate for businesses and individuals. – Small Business Boomers: a business blog, targeted especially at people age 55 and over. – Startup Spark: a blog on entrepreneurship that “sparks startups with advice, inspiration, and a bit of craziness.”

We would also like to welcome the following blogs that are joining the Business Channel from other channels within b5media:

– Just Make Money Online: We like to thank of the title as self-explanatory. – Leadership Turn: strategies, tips, and tricks for leadership, speaking, and more. – Successful Blog: A blog about a little bit of everything from business strategies to writing, as well as host of the infamous “Open Mic Night” every Tuesday at 8:00 PM ET.

Our parent company, BlogMedia, Inc., has renamed itself to Problogging, Inc..

We’ve outlined over at Problogging a bit about why we’ve been selling off some of our sites – and what the road ahead poses for us…

Syntagma Media has launched LifeTimes Network Magazine:

LifeTimes packages all of our Lifestyles and Celebrities sites under one roof, with an editor’s pick of posts and a rolling feed from around the mag.

As ever, it’s been designed by Swedish superstar, Thord Hedengren, who has woven his usual miracles of speed and panache.

We’ve introduced another feature in the form of an Editorial box to bring you the latest news from the network magazine world. At present, of course, that just means Syntagma.

That’s the question that Steve Rubel is asking in a recent post:

Weblogs Inc once had a similar editorial tone across all of its blogs. It feels more sanitized under AOL. In the end, the greatest value AOL will get from Weblogs Inc purchase is the Blogsmith publishing platform. The blogs are just too corporate and safe now and I suspect many of the bloggers will leave once they can now that Calacanis is gone.

This is now Gawker Media’s game to lose.

Check the comments for thoughts from Calacanis, Denton, some of the WIN bloggers, and others…

DailyPixel launches RRSPS.ca:

With the vanguard of the baby boom generation now hitting 60, retirement discussion and the mindshare that this topic occupies is climbing toward a crescendo. From RRSPs, to general financial planning to lifestyle considerations, RRSPS.ca is our blog dedicated to the growing obsession with life after work and the best path to get there. We are thrilled to have Bob Rempel lead the discussion, bringing his expertise as a financial planner and consultant to RRSPS.ca. It’s never too early, nor too late to think and plan for your retirement.

As a part of our ongoing efforts to narrow our focus, we’re selling Sporty Blog, an established PR6 sports blog w/ gross monthly income around $563.

You can participate in the auction over at Sitepoint.

Creative Weblogging launches Biz Plan Hacks:

...practical planning tips for busy business owners. Every weekday you will find a fresh ‘Hack’ direct from the trenches to help you get organized, plan, and train. Think of BizPlanHacks as your private ‘Professional Development’ program where you can find easy to use tools to balance your develop priorities in the areas of sales, financial, marketing, operations, increase profits, human resources, systematization, exit strategies, contingency plans, and your own personal and professional development. Listen to our weekly ‘Hacks Radio Show’ to learn the hack of the week, tools, and book reviews.

The Dailypixel Network has launched Greetings.ca:

We’re getting into the holiday spirit here on the Dailypixel network. Our seriously festive holiday bloggers get giddy with glee whenever a holiday pops up on their calendar. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s, Easter and on and on the holidays roll by and each holiday season has its own rituals, tastes, smells, colour palette and style. Our versatile and respectful holiday bloggers will keep readers coming back with a cornucopia of good humor, interesting links, factoids and tidbits with a personality that exudes ‘seasons greetings’ and ‘good holiday cheer’ all year round.

Syntagma Media has launched 21st Century Phi:

Designed by upcoming design champ Thord Hedengren, it covers the sciences and future technologies stream in our network of 50 Wordpress websites.

As before with Allusionz, there are still features to go up and a couple of sites to resurrect. We’ll be doing that over the next week or so.

Incidentally, Phi is a letter of the Greek alphabet that’s used by science to describe the mathematical formula behind a spiral form that occurs over and over in nature. The spiral of a conch shell is phi. We don’t choose names at random, you know.