PBLOG Group

PBLOG Group is a mass media and information technology company that is the owner of PBLOG Lite and PBLOG. It was formed on April 20, 2022 by Takash Puterr after he made his decision to spin off PBLOG and ATBW Blog in response to the ATBW Antitrust Lawsuit. The company owns PBLOG, as well as and the 12 companies that it owns as well as their intellectual properties including movies once distributed by ATBW Pictures. All ATBW Blog films and TV shows ever produced are now fully owned and controlled by PBLOG Group and since 2023 have also been exclusively on the PBLOG Viewer.

Despite being founded on April 20, 2022, a CEO was not chosen until October 7 that year. PBLOG Group's stewardship, which was granted de facto control over the company, added strict new rules and changed the moderation system on August 30, 2022, which was further increased after Bob Blessen became CEO. Blessen renamed ATBW Blog to PBLOG Lite on March 9, 2023 and also released the PBLOG Platinum and PBLOG Go2, which run PBLOG OS, a proprietary operating system similar to Linux.

History
Takash Puterr had talked about migrating ATBW Blog and PBLOG under a separate company after his announcement of moving ATBW Store and Zippy Land to another separate company Zippy Holdings LLC, which was founded two months prior to PBLOG Group. It was approved and both ATBW Blog and PBLOG, along with the ATBW Blog companies owned by the former at the time were moved to PBLOG Group. However, a CEO was not chosen, though the company had its own board of directors who managed the company on their own.

On October 7, 2022, Bob Blessen was chosen by the board as the CEO of the company. Since then, PBLOG Group has rapidly expanded the company's enterprise by getting into the IT industry and begin manufacturing electronics. The company began supporting Bitmoji for its games, allowing users with snapchat accounts to play certain games using their bitmoji avatars. However, this is limited to PBLOG Premium users only. The company also started getting into the film industry launching PBLOG Pictures and PBLOG Television, which are in charge of distributing independent films made on PBLOG or are based on PBLOG franchises or properties. Additionally, the company also began making electronics to support online games, and they have started making laptops for gaming with THX sound built in.

Starting January 3, 2023, all PBLOG users who also have an ATBW Blog account and vice versa can now use both accounts interchangeably. The join date on ATBW Blog and PBLOG are seen on the users about section on both sites, and users now must have a PBLOG account to comment on ATBW Blog content. Moreover, users can now choose to upload the same submission on both platforms of their choosing, as well as select any PBLOG site (or subsite of it has one) to upload onto. This follows Meta's new feature which allows users to upload the same post on more than one platform. ATBW Blog was rename to PBLOG Lite on March 9, 2023 and has removed all references to ATBW Blog in all forms of media the company controls.

Formation and Assets Moved
The company was formed after ATBW Blog (now PBLOG Lite since 2023) and PBLOG were cast under separate management. As a result, the company got all eleven ATBW Blog-owned companies under its ownership, as well as the ATBW Blog Case Management place, all ATBW Blog theme parks at ATBW Theme Parks in California City, CA, and full control and all rights to movies and TV shows based on ATBW Blog franchises. As of 2023, all references to ATBW Blog have been removed and now all of them use the PBLOG name to further distance PBLOG Group from its former parent company.

When Bob Blessen was chosen as the CEO, the company would expand to become a tech giant, releasing the PBLOG Go2 and PBLOG Platinum products, as well as the PBLOG store. Both products run proprietary PBLOG OS and the PBLOG Go2 smartphones use its own network PBLOG Wireless, which is the only phone carrier that will work with the Go2.

Controversies
On August 30, 2022, PBLOG Group added new centralized rules to PBLOG requiring all PBLOG sites to follow them or risk being deleted. Many users have spoken out against because they also targeted the twelve ATBW Blog companies owned by PBLOG Group. A protest started in response to the new rules, but PBLOG Group retaliated by banning users for judging staff decisions, which is a violation of a new rule added. PBLOG Group temporarily restricted unverified account's ability to comment in response and a new rule requiring users to be 16 years old to use the central forum was added. However, it is now prohibited to mention anything in regard to the new rules or the protests that it caused, both on PBLOG and ATBW Blog.

The company received criticism for its platinum and Go2 electronics not having charging ports anywhere, and the two electronics have been the subject of criticism for being impossible to repair. The company's proprietary swirl bit and s-head screws make repairs a no go, and all parts are assigned a serial number, meaning that if a new part is replaced, the electronics will stop working entirely, even if the original part is put back in.

Additionally, PBLOG Group has been the subject of criticism after the company added a proprietary software that will punish delinquent students for cheating on exams, which if any student is found to be cheating, the device will permanently freeze and stop working, and if they attempt to restart it, the device will play a very loud annoying sound that makes even the most patient people go insane. The same software also causes PBLOG electronics to freeze completely if a crime is found to be committed, and if the person tries to bypass it, the electronics stop working and law enforcement are automatically notified. The devices have also shut down completely during online video games when players were caught cheating, and those that bypassed the measure were issued a permanent IP ban from all PBLOG services.

The company has also been criticized for its overly aggressive copyright policies and copyright abuse. The company is very strict with copyright and has stated that everything that they own including its media, products, attractions, and even the rides in the PBLOG theme parks are copyrighted and photography has since been completely banned in all of the parks at ATBW Theme Parks that they own and operate even though ATBW Holdings has stated that park rides cannot be copyrighted and users are free to take pictures inside the park as long as they respect the privacy and safety of others. Despite this, PBLOG Group imposed the copyright policies anyway and have started threatening legal action against enthusiasts who dare to post pictures of their rides on the internet, breaching contracts with ATBW Holdings.