“The news was announced at a Digg meetup yesterday in Chicago. There, the Chicago Tribune newspaper also announced a widget that will display its top stories on Digg within its own site — a way to encourage its reader to vote its stories up. The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and other top publications already offer various ways of integrating Digg with their content.

Also at the meetup, Digg chief executive Jay Adelson (wearing a blue shirt in the meetup photo, above), responded to recurring rumors about the company getting purchased by Google. “There is no word,” he said. “We commented on one of these rumors before and it got us in trouble. There is nothing to say.””