Calvin Tang
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Calvin Tang is founder of social news
media web site Newsvine.com
, located in Seattle, Washington. Newsvine, Inc. was acquired by MSNBC.com
in 2007, for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition, Newsvine eventually came to power many of the interactive and social features across the MSNBC.com Digital Network, including the web properties of brands such as NBC Nightly News, TODAY Show, The Rachel Maddow Show and others. Tang served as Chief Operating Officer of Newsvine from 2005 to 2010.
During the second half of 2010 Calvin Tang launched AtlasOmega, an online magazine that features stories about modern day exploration, adventure travel and photography. Tang also publishes a hyper-local photography blog, Three Blocks, which pertains to the Pike Place Market
and Belltown neighborhoods of Seattle, Washington.
Calvin Tang is also the founder and operator of Northwest Dive Club, an organization that serves over 1,800 members. The members of the organization are primarily located in Washington State, Oregon and Alaska, and range from being recreational SCUBA diving enthusiasts to professional divers and dive industry business operators. Mr. Tang is also the managing member of Tang Holdings, LLC, a firm with diversified assets in Real Estate, Technology, Alternative Energy and other investments. He is also a member of the Bellevue Business Roundtable (an organization with ties to the original business owners of the City of Bellevue, WA) and the Asian American Journalists Association.
Calvin Tang graduated in 2000 from Seattle University
with a Bachelor of Science degree with emphasis in Premedical Sciences. He is an underwater photographer, and formerly served as a photojournalist and contributing writer for a Bangkok-based magazine, Untamed Travel. Tang has been involved in a number of business ventures relating to real estate development, news media, technology, sourcing and manufacturing, entertainment and hospitality. Calvin Tang was certified by the Northwest Avalanche Institute as a Helicopter Ski Guide, is a Divemaster, Technical Closed Circuit Rebreather Diver and was once internationally recognized as a professional DJ.
Social news
A social news website is a type of website that features user-submitted stories that are ranked based on popularity.-Slashdot:Slashdot, started in 1997, was one of the first social news websites. It focuses mainly on science and technology related news. Users can submit stories, and the editors...
media web site Newsvine.com
Newsvine
Newsvine is a community-powered, collaborative journalism news website, owned by msnbc.com, which draws content from its users and syndicated content from mainstream sources such as The Associated Press...
, located in Seattle, Washington. Newsvine, Inc. was acquired by MSNBC.com
Msnbc.com
msnbc.com is a news website owned and operated as a joint venture by NBCUniversal and Microsoft.In addition to original content from its news staff, msnbc.com is the news website for the NBC News family, with content from the cable television news channel MSNBC, NBC shows such as Today, NBC Nightly...
in 2007, for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition, Newsvine eventually came to power many of the interactive and social features across the MSNBC.com Digital Network, including the web properties of brands such as NBC Nightly News, TODAY Show, The Rachel Maddow Show and others. Tang served as Chief Operating Officer of Newsvine from 2005 to 2010.
During the second half of 2010 Calvin Tang launched AtlasOmega, an online magazine that features stories about modern day exploration, adventure travel and photography. Tang also publishes a hyper-local photography blog, Three Blocks, which pertains to the Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market opened August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continually operated public farmers' markets in the United States. It is a place of business for many small farmers,...
and Belltown neighborhoods of Seattle, Washington.
Calvin Tang is also the founder and operator of Northwest Dive Club, an organization that serves over 1,800 members. The members of the organization are primarily located in Washington State, Oregon and Alaska, and range from being recreational SCUBA diving enthusiasts to professional divers and dive industry business operators. Mr. Tang is also the managing member of Tang Holdings, LLC, a firm with diversified assets in Real Estate, Technology, Alternative Energy and other investments. He is also a member of the Bellevue Business Roundtable (an organization with ties to the original business owners of the City of Bellevue, WA) and the Asian American Journalists Association.
Calvin Tang graduated in 2000 from Seattle University
Seattle University
Seattle University is a Jesuit Catholic university located in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA.SU is the largest independent university in the Northwest US, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools, and is one of 28 member...
with a Bachelor of Science degree with emphasis in Premedical Sciences. He is an underwater photographer, and formerly served as a photojournalist and contributing writer for a Bangkok-based magazine, Untamed Travel. Tang has been involved in a number of business ventures relating to real estate development, news media, technology, sourcing and manufacturing, entertainment and hospitality. Calvin Tang was certified by the Northwest Avalanche Institute as a Helicopter Ski Guide, is a Divemaster, Technical Closed Circuit Rebreather Diver and was once internationally recognized as a professional DJ.
External links
Interviews of Calvin Tang
- Asian American Journalists Association profile of Calvin Tang's most recent venture, AtlasOmega
- USC Annenberg - Online Journalism Review Interviews Calvin Tang
- Folksonomy.org Interviews Calvin Tang
- nPost Interviews Calvin Tang
- Interview with Calvin Tang, co-founder of Newsvine.com. - small WORLD Podcast
- Puget Sound Business Journal Interviews Calvin Tang
- Seattle University Interview of Calvin Tang