Fellow Bix-sters,

I am excited to announce that Bix has signed an agreement to be acquired by Yahoo!

The Bix community is fueled by so many talented people from singers, dancers, and freestyle MCs to photographers, models, and comedians. In my discussions with many of you I have discovered a common desire -- to have an audience so that you can get feedback and develop a fan base. Some of you are totally focused on becoming the next big star while many of you are talented hobbyists looking for feedback and appreciation for your talents. Whichever group you fall into, our goal has always been to serve you and we are confident that joining Yahoo! will accelerate our ability to deliver on that promise.

This transaction will bring to the Bix community the Web's largest audience -- Yahoo! reaches ~500 million users per month on Yahoo!-branded services worldwide (1 out of every 2 internet users). This is huge folks! It means that every performer on Bix will be performing on essentially the world's largest stage with a potential audience in the hundreds of millions.

With Bix's platform focused on talent-based competitions combined with Yahoo!'s global audience and leadership in social media, as well as its sales and marketing muscle, we will take Bix to the next level. Expect many more contests with cool prizes, more community features, tons of entertaining content, and integration with many of your favorite Yahoo! services.

Thank you for your incredible performances, for running so many creative contests, and for your loyalty.

Best,

PS. We have created, and entered, a contest for those of us who are pitch-challenged... Please join us ;--)