It seems BetaWorks is buying Digg for their technology, and not so much the brand.
That is the price for being the loser.
Update: it seems the Wall Street Journal didn’t get the full story, as TechCrunch reports the Washington Post paid $12 million for Digg’s team, and LinkedIn paid $4 million for it’s patents.
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