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Personal Life Media showcases Living Green with Meredith Medland of 3outcomes.com

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livinggreen.jpgPersonal Life Media, publisher of lifestyle content in the form of 15 weekly audio programs, podcasts and blogs for people on the leading edge of culture, announced that it is showcasing a special series on “Living Green: Effortless Ecology for Everyday People” an advertising and sponsorship-supported free podcast. Hosted by Meredith Medland, founder of 3outcomes.com and environmental blogger, Meredith confabs with professionals in the ecology and sustainable-living arena who have special requests for Americans who want to move to a more green way of life.

“Americans have varying levels of interest in the green movement and through my interviews and relationships with some of today’s foremost experts on how to live a sustainable lifestyle, we believe if we ‘challenge’ American citizens by providing simple ways they can incorporate living green into their busy lives, we would see a shift in thinking that no matter how small or seemingly insignificant a change is, it will make a difference,” Meredith Medland said.

Each week, Meredith’s guests provide one “small change” that American consumers can use to begin creating a healthier planet. [Read more…]

Originally posted on June 25, 2007 @ 2:30 pm

Splashpress Media acquires BlogHoster

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title.gifSplashpress Media announced that it has acquired BlogHoster, a blog hosting software and service provider. It allows anyone to run hosted blogging services with multiple users or accounts.

BlogHoster was first released in December of 2004 and has since then sold nearly 1,000 licenses. Splashpress hopes the inclusion of BlogHoster in its collection of blogs and blog-related online properties will be greatly beneficial helping bloggers succeed in their quest to build close-knit communities online.

(Editor’s note: Splashpress Media also owns 901am.com)

Originally posted on June 25, 2007 @ 8:08 am

coComment announces low barrier for users wanting to ‘comment’

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cocomment.jpgcoComment, a platform for discovering conversations online, announced a new white-labeled service that provides online publishers with a better tool for managing and monitoring user-generated comments. This service enables online publishers to outsource user-generated comments in a seamless and branded way, directly from their site. Publishers gain the benefit of an easy to manage solution that provides their readers with a quick way to post comments. The coComment solution removes the need for new user-registrations on sites where users wish to contribute their comments and conversations relating to publishers’ content.

“Providing users with an instantly accessible way to submit comments on your site is one of the strongest things you can do to develop your online readership and brand,” stated Matt Colebourne, CEO for coComment. “We’re enabling companies to enhance their editorial through the voices of their readers.”

Originally posted on June 24, 2007 @ 10:11 pm

Its JerryTime video blog snags Emmy

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jerrytime.jpgIts JerryTime, a funny video blog which is a semi-autobiographical Web series on one of its founders, recently took some gold home from a traditional media event. The blog apparently won an Emmy at the 34th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Daytime Emmy Awards on June 14.

Its JerryTime, created solely by brothers Orrin and Jerry Zucker, chronicles the tales of an “everyman whose life is just a bit harder than it should be.” The video series, which was nominated for an Emmy last year but lost, won in the Broadband Variety category, beating out competition such as Guiding Light’s 70th Anniversary Celebration, Procter and Gamble Productions; Dexter Blood Spatter 101, Showtime; Icons of Science Quantum Theory, Discovery Education; The Extreme Diet Coke and Mentos Experiments, EepyBird.

The series has received acclaim as well from Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Wired, and The Hollywood Reporter, as well as numerous festival nominations and awards, including the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Originally posted on June 22, 2007 @ 1:39 pm

Podango’s P2 Platform now on beta

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podango.jpgPodango, a new media hosting, publishing and advertising platform, announced that a beta version of its P2 Platform is now available. The P2 Platform is designed to enable audio, video and blog publishers to deliver a fully integrated experience to their audience, in addition it makes it easy to embed media across sites, seamlessly add advertising and measure performance metrics. Publishers can start using the beta platform by creating their site at www.podango.com/p2.

Podango is providing podcasters (audio and video) with the most flexible and rich publishing platform. The platform’s rich feature set includes a complete set of tools for content creators including publishing tools for audio, video, and blogging, metric monitoring tools, search engine optimization (SEO), integrated advertising and the ability to embed the player in other sites. The streamlined end-user experience includes easy subscription, elegant presentation, and rich feedback mechanisms.

“With the launch of P2 beta, Podango is providing a single, complete, integrated platform for new media publishers,” said Lee Gibbons, CEO, Podango. “From hosting to monetizing to finding premiere content, the new media tools that are now available through Podango streamline the entire audio, video, and blog audience experience and publishing process.”

Originally posted on June 22, 2007 @ 4:50 am