We will be launching the next  release on Friday 17th. The best  new feature in my mind is the ability to easily integrate external blogs into the blog list as well as update lists. That makes it even easier for communties as existing blogs do not have to move to be integrated (which of course they can through MT import or using xml/rpc).

Also we work on a new user interface to make the BlogPortal administration and the administration of blogs by the members themselves easier. I will post a link here once this is ready to be reviewed.