b5media celebrates the summer solstice by hosting a twenty-four hour blogging invitational with participating blogs publishing new posts at least once per hour for each hour of the day.

Toronto, ON – June 13, 2008 – In celebration of the June 20th summer solstice, b5media announces The Great Blog Off, where participating b5media blogs from the Business and Entertainment channels will post fresh content at least once per hour for each hour of the day. This is the first time since 1975 that the summer solstice hasn’t occurred on June 21.

b5media is comprised of twelve channels in total, with Business and Entertainment leading the way as two of the network’s largest, most well established topics. Each channel is competing to see which will boast the highest level of participation and raise the most money for charity.

To keep things fresh and add another fun dynamic to the challenge, many bloggers have invited other readers and experts to contribute guest posts on their websites on June 20th.

The Business Channel is blogging in support of Accion International (www.accion.org). Accion helps small businesses all over the world to become established through small, manageable loans and business advice. The Entertainment Channel is raising money for The Actor’s Fund (www.actorsfund.org), which offers help for people in the entertainment industry when a personal or family crisis threatens their well-being.

The Great Blog Off begins June 20th at 12:01am (in each blogger’s respective time zone), with each blog channel accepting charitable pledges for a charity that supports a mission closely related to the focus of the respective channel. To find out more about sponsoring their efforts:

Please visit Accion’s website to donate to the Business Channel’s efforts or contact Entertainment Channel editor, Arieanna Schweber, to learn more about how you can support The Actor’s Fund.

About b5media Inc.
b5media Inc. is a global new media network featuring a wide variety of topics ranging from entertainment and lifestyles to sports and technology. With over 350 blogs, including Problogger , eBeautyDaily and Healthbolt, b5media reaches nearly 10 million unique visitors and receives 30 million page views a month. Launched in September 2005, b5media is a venture-backed company based in Toronto, Canada.  For more information, visit: www.b5media.com
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