Six Apart, the company founded by the creators of MovableType, has just anounced a new blog hosting service: TypePad. It looks very interesting, building on MovableType to provide new services for bloggers like template management, creation of photo albums, built-in blogrolls, and the creation of reading and listening lists in a managed environment suited for both beginning and experienced users. (More information on the new features can be found on a Ben Hammersley’s article on the subject in the Guardian.)
MovableType is obviously the most powerful blogging tool in existence today, and this new venture will surely be a strong new competitor in the blog hosting arena, especially considering the quality of what Ben and Mena Trott have produced so far. All luck to them in this new project.