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Media - Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Time Inc. Chairman Ann Moore Is Hosed

Thumb Time Inc's Lay-offer-In-Chief Ann Moore was a key-note speaker at the SIAA event this week. We recall a couple of years back when Ms. Moore said she didn't like the Internet and hoped that it would back off of Time Inc.'s deadwood revenues. These days, post lay-offs, she is singing a new tune, all jacked up on big time cash they are making from screen savers on SportsIllustrated.com. Ms. Moore also extolled the recent traffic bump of People.com. Indeed it has made a huge leap. But compare it to the blogs PerezHilton and TheSuperficial and its neck and neck. Perezhilton.com and TheSupercial are guys in their apartments. People.com is 100 people in a Manhattan skyscraper. It continues to amaze us that people like Ann Moore continue to hold credibility. Read PaidContent For extensive notes... Continue...

News & Updates - Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Paying $15K To Demo Is Still A Great Deal

Thumb Today Jason Calacanis and Mike Arrington announced at the Demo event that they would go mano a mano with Demo with the TechCrunch20 event that they plan to launch. The pair must have received some nasty glares from the Demo organizers by calling the conference out for charging presenter as much as $15K to present. Conference attendees are suckered into thinking that those presenting are the cream of the crop. In our opinion if you have a startup and $15K in your bank account you could do a lot worse than to bribe Chris Shipley and company get on their podium. You are almost guaranteed to get coverage from Infoworld to USAtoday. Read - The TechCrunch20 Launches... Continue...

Venture Capital - Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Organic Tea Maker Honest Tea Raises $12M

Thumb Apparently these guys make a mean brew of tea. Bethesda, MD-based HonestTea has raised $12M from Stonyfield Farm, Inventages Venture Capital Investment and several beverage distributors. The company has raised a total of roughly $20M. In 2006, the company had sales of $13.5M and is projecting sales of $25Mt his year. They are targeting $100M in annual sales within three to five years and reach profitability in 2008. We haven't thrown down yet for Honest Tea yet but they say we can find it at or local Whole Foods, so we will take a look.... Continue...

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Time Inc. Chairman Ann Moore Is Hosed

Paying $15K To Demo Is Still A Great Deal

Organic Tea Maker Honest Tea Raises $12M

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