The Syntagma Media network recently celebrated its third anniversary, as commemorated by John Evans’ “birthday post”:

Three is a significant number in horse, dog and internet years. Horses get to run in the Derby, dogs are the equivalent of 21, and anything on the internet is a virtual centenarian.

When we started out 36 long months ago, this site was a pure technology and media play. It was also the cheerleader for the launch of new sites on a large sprinkling of topics. Now I write here only about politics, finance and technology, in that order of magnitude. You won’t need to ask why, discerning Reader.

A few days later, the network got itself a gift — a new Syntagma Media logo, which you can view here.

Congrats to Syntagma for both!

Glam Media, the brains behind the women’s network Glam.com, has turned its attention to the male market with the launch of Brash.com.

Quoting the Glam press release:

With close to 10 million US unique visitors a month at launch, Brash.com is going to “Change the Game”, with its edgy, upscale vertical network that caters to men’s desires and needs focusing on lifestyle, entertainment, automotive and gadgets, and news both from a national perspective and with local influence.

Visit Brash.com today.

We have added the Debt Bloggers Network to our watchlist. From their about blurb:

A group of personal finance bloggers who were inspired by our own debts and financial struggles to share our stories and lessons with you. we are involved with the personal finance blogging community, each of us participating in one or more carnivals and festivals, forums, and more !

DBN currently consists of four blogs.

Visit the Debt Bloggers Network here.

Blog network owners, you might get some of your writers from this pool. From a recent email we received:

Good Morning:

I’m the Project Manager at Smartoutsourcing. We are an international consulting firm that manages different BPO teams around the world. We have a team of journalist specialized in the generation of quality contents. Currently they are working on our blogs but we are expanding scope and that is why I’m writing to you. I would like to suggest you our journalists for your blog network. Our team is specialized in wordpress and they have a lot of experience. In addition, we offer good prices.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are interested in our offer. I will be glad to help you.

Sincerely,

Rebeca Toribio, Project Manager
marketing@smartoutsourcing.es

Splashpress Media, owner of Blog Network Watch, has just launched Yurto, a “blog about living an eco-friendly life.”

From the announcement:

Yurto is a blog created for those who want to change their lifestyle into an eco-friendly one, but don’t quite know how to start. At Yurto we’ve found that the best way to start living green is from the most important place of all, our homes.

Visit Yurto today.

We received an anonymous tip last October 1 from a person claiming to be a “b5 Blogger.” Here’s the message he left on our Contact page:

b5 media is cutting our pay by at least half. They said it’s because our stats were wrong for the past three years and now they’re going to be right. The thing is the pay is lowering for most of us by 50% or more. A significant decrease. No one will talk about our base pay so we don’t know if that’s going down too but we’re going to be paid a lot less money now.

Everyones afraid to talk about it because they don’t want to be sued but one member of the team and a channel editor already left because of this and so did some bloggers.

Feel free to use this news but please don’t ask my name. I need my paltry pay until I find a new job. I don’t think I’ll sign the new contract.

We welcome any reactions and clarifications, especially from the network involved, b5 Media.