Friday, March 19, 1999

Shakers & Stirrers and Bits & Bytes

Of course we all know that iVillage Inc. announced their IPO on 3/18 of 3,650,000 shares of common stock -- and the market's going craaaazy!

Community Connect Inc. (www.communityconnect.com),
publisher of ethnic online communities, announced a partnership
with MediaRing Inc, leading provider of Internet voice
communication applications and services. Members of
AsianAvenue.com, the largest online community for Asian
Americans, now have access to instant voice interaction
on the Web. COOL!

Local Jeff Sanders (at Winstar) produced Hellhounds on My Trail:The Afterlife
of Robert Johnson along with director Robert Mugge, in conjunction with the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This premiered at SXSW. More on this cool film as
soon as I see it and review it!

Nicholson NY has been retained by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to
spearhead the museum's new e-commerce initiative involving the Museum
store, collections and educational programs. Nicholson is providing the Met
with strategic consulting, branding, design and engineering services. Among
the goals of our assignment is establishing the Met as a world leader among
museums in leveraging technology to advance its mission.