Ning Cuts 40% Of Staff

TECH CRUNCH - Apr 15 - Ning is killing off its free product, forcing existing free networks to either make the change to premium accounts or migrate their networks elsewhere. Also the company has cut ~70 people — over 40% of its staff. Currently, Ning’s premium options include support (which has a $10/month and $100/month options for different service levels); Custom domains ($5 a month); Extra storage and bandwidth ($10 a month); Ad removal ($25 a month) and the ability to hide any trace that you’re running on Ning ($25 a month).
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