Digg Co-Founder Offers to Save Pocket as Mozilla Winds It Down

Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from Mozilla

The deal could be interesting if it went through, as Digg could leverage Pocket's existing user base to fuel interest in its relaunch.

Digg co-founder offers to save Pocket as Mozilla winds it down

Just one day after Mozilla confirmed it’s shutting down Pocket, Digg co-founder has stepped up with a public offer to take it over.

Digg founder pitches Mozilla to save Pocket

Pocket’s imminent demise has been bemoaned across the industry. Now, one entrepreneur has expressed interest in keeping it alive. Kevin Rose—who founded Digg.com, became a venture capitalist, and is now trying to bring Digg back—has petitioned Mozilla to let Digg take over Pocket. Rose published a tweet on X (via TechCrunch, which is owned by Foundry but operates independently of PCWorld) that both supports Pocket and petitions Mozilla to keep i…