Digg Talks Monetization, Unveils New Ad Product

Digg's new owners say they're only "about 1% done" building out their vision for the revamped content discovery application, but that doesn't mean they're going to put off monetization any longer.

In a post to its corporate blog on Thursday, Jake Levine, general manager of Digg, and Michael Young, CTO of Digg, unveiled the site's first ad product since its redesign, dubbed "Apps We Like."

It's a little different than your typical display ad. Developers are encouraged to submit an application to have their mobile apps considered for inclusion. If Digg's team think it's an app their users should know about, developers will then be invited to pay a flat fee to have their apps featured, be…
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