Silicon Alley Reporter
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Silicon Alley Reporter was an American
trade publication focused on New York's Silicon Alley
.
Founded by Jason Calacanis
in 1996, then was renamed the Venture Reporter in 2001 and was eventually sold to Dow Jones
in 2003.
Rafat Ali served as Managing Editor before founding paidContent.org
and its parent company ContentNext Media.
Notable contributors include Xeni Jardin
and Clay Shirky
. The parent company of Silicon Alley Reporter and Venture Reporter was called Rising Tide Studios
.
Karol Martesko-Fenster
collaborated with Jason Calacanis and Gordon Gould from 1997-1999 on the launch of Silicon Alley Reporter prior to joining Rising Tide Studios in April 1999. He served as President & Publisher until mid 2001.
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trade publication focused on New York's Silicon Alley
Silicon Alley
Silicon Alley is a nickname for an area with a concentration of Internet and new media companies in Manhattan, New York City. Originally, the term referred to the cluster of such companies extending from the Flatiron District down to SoHo and TriBeCa along the Broadway corridor, but as the location...
.
Founded by Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis
Jason McCabe Calacanis is an American Internet entrepreneur and blogger. His first company was part of the dot-com era in New York, and his second venture, Weblogs, Inc., capitalized on the growth of blogs before being sold to AOL....
in 1996, then was renamed the Venture Reporter in 2001 and was eventually sold to Dow Jones
Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm.The company was founded in 1882 by three reporters: Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. Like The New York Times and the Washington Post, the company was in recent years publicly traded but privately...
in 2003.
Rafat Ali served as Managing Editor before founding paidContent.org
Paidcontent.org
paidContent is an online media hub that covers news, information and analysis of the business of digital media. It was founded in 2002 by journalist Rafat Ali to "chronicle the evolution of digital content that is shaping the future of the media, information and entertainment industries."Funded by...
and its parent company ContentNext Media.
Notable contributors include Xeni Jardin
Xeni Jardin
Xeni Jardin is an American weblogger, digital media commentator, and tech culture journalist. She is known for her position as co-editor of the collaborative weblog Boing Boing, as a contributor to Wired magazine and Wired News, and as a correspondent for the National Public Radio show Day to Day...
and Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky is an American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. He has a joint appointment at New York University as a Distinguished Writer in Residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and Assistant Arts Professor in the New...
. The parent company of Silicon Alley Reporter and Venture Reporter was called Rising Tide Studios
Rising Tide Studios
Rising Tide Studios is an American company that has produced news and events related to online business-to-business ventures.Founded by Jason McCabe Calacanis in 1996, their first publication, the Silicon Alley Reporter, debuted as a 16-page photocopied newsletter covering Silicon Alley in New...
.
Karol Martesko-Fenster
Karol Martesko-Fenster
Karol Martesko-Fenster is an Austrian-born American entrepreneur and cross media executive. He has been active in the motion picture, publishing, music television and Internet industries for over two decades including leadership in the American independent film industry.Most recently...
collaborated with Jason Calacanis and Gordon Gould from 1997-1999 on the launch of Silicon Alley Reporter prior to joining Rising Tide Studios in April 1999. He served as President & Publisher until mid 2001.