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June 13th,2008

b5media Blogs For a Cause And Raises Money in Support of Charity

By Rachel Segal

b5media celebrates the summer solstice by hosting a twenty-four hour blogging invitational with participating blogs publishing new posts at least once per hour for each hour of the day.

Toronto, ON – June 13, 2008 – In celebration of the June 20th summer solstice, b5media announces The Great Blog Off, where participating b5media blogs from the Business and Entertainment channels will post fresh content at least once per hour for each hour of the day. This is the first time since 1975 that the summer solstice hasn’t occurred on June 21.

b5media is comprised of twelve channels in total, with Business and Entertainment leading the way as two of the network’s largest, most well established topics. Each channel is competing to see which will boast the highest level of participation and raise the most money for charity.

To keep things fresh and add another fun dynamic to the challenge, many bloggers have invited other readers and experts to contribute guest posts on their websites on June 20th.

The Business Channel is blogging in support of Accion International (www.accion.org). Accion helps small businesses all over the world to become established through small, manageable loans and business advice. The Entertainment Channel is raising money for The Actors Fund (www.actorsfund.org), which offers help for people in the entertainment industry when a personal or family crisis threatens their well-being.

The Great Blog Off begins June 20th at 12:01am (in each blogger’s respective time zone), with each blog channel accepting charitable pledges for a charity that supports a mission closely related to the focus of the respective channel. To find out more about sponsoring their efforts:

To support The Business Channel, please visit ACCION International.

To support The Entertainment Channel, please visit The Actors Fund.

About b5media Inc.
b5media Inc. is a global new media network featuring a wide variety of topics ranging from entertainment and lifestyles to sports and technology. With over 350 blogs, including Problogger , eBeautyDaily and Healthbolt, b5media reaches nearly 10 million unique visitors and receives 30 million page views a month. Launched in September 2005, b5media is a venture-backed company based in Toronto, Canada. For more information, visit: www.b5media.com
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AccionUSA business training/consulting sites on June 21st, 2008 at 01:19: […] This post is part of the b5media Business Channel Great Blog Off! Find out more about the Blog Off here: http://www.b5media.com/b5media-blogs-for-a-cause-and-raises-money-in-support-of-charity/ […]
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AccionUSA: Helping small business owners in US | money news blog on June 21st, 2008 at 22:43: […] Wow! They could give the SBA a run for their money! This post is part of the b5media Business Channel Great Blog Off! Find out more about the Blog Off here: http://www.b5media.com/b5media-blogs-for-a-cause-and-raises-money-in-support-of-charity/ […]
AccionUSA business training/consulting sites | money news blog on June 21st, 2008 at 22:45: […] This post is part of the b5media Business Channel Great Blog Off! Â Find out more about the Blog Off here:Â http://www.b5media.com/b5media-blogs-for-a-cause-and-raises-money-in-support-of-charity/ […]
Meet Microentrepreneurs helped by Accion International | money news blog on June 21st, 2008 at 22:47: […] This post is part of the b5media Business Channel Great Blog Off! Find out more about the Blog Off here: http://www.b5media.com/b5media-blogs-for-a-cause-and-raises-money-in-support-of-charity/ […]
The “Old Bags” Set on June 24th, 2008 at 09:33: […] donate their old bas and the proceeds go to a charitable cause. (It was much like the organized b5media Blog Off charity event the Business Channel hosted here on last week). Anyway, donating old bags seems to be […]
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