Madison + Vine + ValleyiMediaConnection, February 21, 2005
Branded entertainment forerunners explain how relationships, technology and permission must support creativity.
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The Darlings of the BlogosphereAP, February 19, 2005
San Francisco-based Six Apart provides two widely used blogging tools -- a software publishing program, Movable Type, and a hosted service, TypePad, for people who don't want to do the technological grunt work themselves. Boosted by the recent takeover of another blogging service called LiveJournal, Six Apart now has 7 million users, including a substantial number who pay fees that range from $4.95 per month for TypePad's bare-bones package to thousands of dollars for licensing Movable Type to install on their own servers.
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Interview with Martin Nisenholtz, SVP-Digital Operations, NYTCOpaidContent.org, February 18, 2005
In an extensive interview, Martin Nisenholtz, newly promoted to the corporate level as SVP-Digital Operations from CEO, New York Times Digital, talks to paidContent Executive Editor Staci D. Kramer about the company's acquisition of About.com, charging for content at NYTimes.com, and the increasing importance of digital media to The New York Times Company. Nisenholtz is now one of only two SVPs at NYTCO -- and one of the 10 most senior level executives.
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Pop-Up Company Tries a New PathThe New York Times, February 21, 2005
The Claria Corporation, a company that has in recent years collected enemies among Internet users and publishers, is ready to play nice.
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Media Force-Fed Heavy Spam DietThe Chicago Tribune, February 21, 2005
It seems spammers are behind the media strategy in Madrid's campaign for the 2012 Olympic Games. That is the ironic result of the International Olympic Committee's serious efforts to clean up one of the most corrupt events in sports--bidding for the right to spend billions of dollars as the host city of a Summer Olympic Games.
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