BigStar
David Friedensohn reports that BigStar is making mucho
progress in terms of $$, $$%, and ##s. Investments, sales and traffic
are up, up, up. Looks like his business savvy has grown with his new
venture!
e-media
Alright, you always wanted to
see Evander Holyfield workout, right? Well you can! Just pointcher
browser over to (http://www.holyfield-lewis.com) and you will see all
the content, chats, merchandise and promotions surrounding the March
13th event you could ever want. e-Media, a full e-business, e-commerce,
front and backend developer based in lovely New Canaan, CT developed the
site with TVKO (the pay-per-view arm of Home Box Office), ESPN and
Microsoft. e-Media will host streaming video content, including live
streaming video of weigh-ins, workouts and pre- and post-fight press
conferences. So check it out, order a pizza and enjoy the drama!
ifilm.net
(http://www.ifilm.net), produced by the dynamic brother and sister team
of Rodger and Marissa Raderman, has launched and is determined to
change the dynamic of the film industry for good--in favor of
independent filmmakers. Filmmakers and folks with an opinion about this
sort of thing (writers, film enthusiasts, web surfers, etc!) are
encouraged to participate, send feedback, suggestions, and submit work.
You can even give other filmmakers feedback via the automated rating
system or an online review.
iVillage:
iVillage and Ralston Purina Company have announced a major content and e-commerce initiative for women who own pets. Ruff!
JAMTV
JAMTV
has officially changed their name to Tunes.com (http://www.tunes.com)
and become "the Web's LARGEST music site," including MP3 downloads from
major artists, Webcasting, personalization, Rolling Stone Radio, three
major music pubs online (Rolling Stone, The Source and Down Beat), among
many other features! Whoo!
Kokopelli
Kokopelli
New Media LLC, together with Merck & Co., redesigned and
re-architected Merck's existing 3-year-old corporate site. The
re-branded online identity for Merck is a result of hard work including
an in-depth, online survey during a two-week promotional run, resulting
in the collection of valuable data to guide the company's future
online-marketing efforts.. (www.merck.com).
Razorfish
Razorfish
Studios acquired 100% of Simon Ventures, Ltd., which was started and
previously led by Michael Simon, a New York based artist management
firm, to help increase its stable of artists, as well as concentrate its
efforts on continuing to produce cross-content media and develop
talent. Ahem!
Scio-Ltd.
Not just
yet-another-e-mail newsletter: SCIO Ltd., (which means "I know" in
Latin), an early stage startup founded by Jeff Hearon is offering
"Internet Intelligence Now," an e-mail discussion and news resource
dedicated toward tracking the growing security challenges facing an
increasing networked world. Hearon says, "it is clearly focused on
intelligence concerning Internet infrastructure vulnerabilities as
expressed in such knowledge domains as infosec, iwar/infowar, and its
related geopolitical realities." SCIO LTD seeks to provide a credible
perspective on these issues and remove the cloak and dagger mystic,
which is often associated with these issues and to offer a resource to
freely discuss these topics. SCIO has three websites under developemnt,
which will cover Internet intelligence, Internet Infosec e-commerce
portal, and lastly a think tank. www.scio-ltd.com/net/org
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