Jason Kottke has the big MovableType-related annoucement from ETCon:
Ben, Mena, and Anil announce TypePad:
TypePad is an upcoming hosted service providing powerful tools for creating full-featured weblogs. Built in response to the needs of webloggers, online diarists and writers, TypePad harnesses the power of Six Apart’s popular Movable Type personal publishing system into a turnkey service, suitable for beginners and experts alike.
Think of it with Blog*Spot, except with MT handling the content management bit. Drooooool….
Ben Hammersly also wrote about the announcement for The Guardian.