This was just announced,
Search powerhouse Google Inc. has snapped up Pyra Labs, the company behind Web log site Blogger, giving it a boost in both Web content and services.
The acquisition, which was disclosed in a posting on the Blogger site over the weekend, will also allow Google to leapfrog into the burgeoning Web log market, which has been gaining steam recently as increasing numbers of Net users discover the ease of use and flexibility that the online publishing medium affords them.
http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/02/19/blog/