"The companies are now in final negotiations according to our sources,
although it could be a couple of weeks before it closes," the site wrote this morning,
adding Digg would be brought into the search giant under its Google
News property. However, the deal could still fall through, or another
party — such as Microsoft — could step in.
Digg was launched in November 2004 by a number of youthful
entrepreneurs in the US, with the most high-profile of those being
Kevin Rose and Digg's current chief executive Jay Adelson.
The site is one of the best-known internet content and social news
aggregators, and has a number of competitors such as Slashdot and
Reddit. It has a substantial advertising deal with Microsoft and a
loyal user community who contribute heavily to the site.
