charmian | The Independent ends its association with LJ

Previously, the Independent, a British newspaper, used LJ to power the blogs of its journalists and certain other sections. Now, however, the Independent has decided to use Wordpress for its blogging needs.

This change was preceded by a move to Disqus for comments on articles. The Independent is also using Disqus for commenting on the new Wordpress blogs, which enables them to include Twitter mentions, as well as allowing for users to login to comment with Facebook and Twitter.

Anyway, the whole integration always struck me as strange, because for what the Independent needed, Wordpress MU (now integrated into the main WP) always seemed to make so much more sense, especially because it's so much easier to find people who can work on modifying and customizing WP.