The Typepad folks, yes the same ones that also provide Movable Type and Live Journal are now offering a free service called Vox. There is also another entry page with a different presentation:

Vox is a free blogging service that lets you share stories, photos, and videos about your life — in privacy with friends and family, or openly with the world. It’s easy, fun, and works well with the other web things you do.
Create your own blog:

1 Choose from over 100 designs — from landscapes to pets to cycling.
2 Write about what interests you. Add mobile phone pics, images from your computer, books from Amazon, video from YouTube and iFilm, photos from Flickr and PhotoBucket, and more.
3 Post photos of your favorite things — they’re automatically collected for you.
4 See what your friends and family are up to.
5Control who can see your content — friends, family, or the world.

Hmmm, two thoughts. First, Blogger seems to have a pretty big lead in this space but some good competition should advance the state of the art. Second, how much will this service cannibalize six apart’s for fee services?

Via Alex Tabarrak.