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13,000 media outlets in 193 countries now sourcing video content on The NewsMarket

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thenewsmarket.jpgThe NewsMarket, the online platform for media and marketing professionals to manage, share and exchange video content, announced that it now has media users in more than 13,000 separate media outlets in 193 countries.

Growth of individual sign-ups from news professionals within these outlets has jumped 72% so far this year. The sharpest growth though comes from the 200% increase in the volume of video published on The NewsMarket by leading brands such as Microsoft, McDonald’s, Volvo Cars and Nintendo.

The media has been able to also tap into a broadening array of content from new categories of customers placing their video on The NewsMarket’s platform. Three of the most popular online communities– Facebook, LinkedIn and Second Life– have selected The NewsMarket to distribute their video content to the widest audience globally. Other new content is coming from innovative brands such as iRobot and icons such as Snoopy.

Originally posted on September 5, 2007 @ 12:03 pm

Prevention.com relaunches

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prevention.jpgPrevention.com has relaunched, featuring deep encyclopedic content, customizable multimedia tools, a robust and growing video library, social networking features, top expert and community blogs, and more — all within a new design that is modern, engaging and nimble.

“We’ve ratcheted up functionality– so each user’s specific interests are easy to find; built community hubs to encourage connections and provide our audience with direct access and dialogue to Prevention’s experts; and integrated customizable multimedia tools– personalized training calendar programs, health trackers, weight loss journals, diagnostic quizzes, brain games and more,” says Prevention.com Editorial Director Nicola Bridges, who orchestrated the new site.

“As the 10th largest magazine in the country, Prevention already serves nearly 11 million readers. With the relaunch of Prevention.com, we’ll be able to provide a home base for the swelling population of users turning to the web for their health information needs. Prevention.com now truly reflects the authority of this 57-year-old brand and is poised to be a digital health resource leader,” added Liz Vaccariello, Prevention Editor-in-Chief.

Originally posted on September 5, 2007 @ 10:24 am

Crushpad and Wine Library launch community-generated wine

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crushnet.jpgCrushpad today announced that it has teamed with Wine Library TV’s Gary Vaynerchuk to create the world’s first community-generated wine. Vaynerchuk’s legion of 30,000 weekly video podcast viewers dubbed Vayniacs– will take their passion for wine beyond collecting and consuming, and now actively participate in the creation of their own “Vayniac Cab.”

Crushpad is working with Vaynerchuk and his fans to bring the concept to life, sourcing fruit from several of Napa’s top vineyards; providing guidance from its winemaking team; and processing, aging and bottling the luxury-class Cabernet at its urban San Francisco winery.

Participants in the populist winemaking project will participate in the process through:

• Hands-on harvest activities at Crushpad’s winery, including crushing, fermenting and pressing. All the action will be captured on video and shared on Crushnet.com, Crushpad’s online winemaking community.

• Real-time updates and opportunities to connect with other members of the Vayniac Cab group via Crushnet.com.

• Web cams, videos and photos that capture the action and provide a “crush course” in winemaking.

Originally posted on September 4, 2007 @ 3:28 pm

Jaiku adds IM to enhance online conversation and content sharing

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jaiku1.jpgJaiku, a microblogging platform for lifestreaming, announced that it has added Jabber-based instant messaging capabilities to interact with the service and provide a new way for people to communicate and share content.

Jaiku also lets users choose and receive pre-determined web feeds from their friends online activities via IM, for example, flickr photos from some contacts, updates from specific blogs, Last.fm recently played tracks from others, etc.

Jaiku allows anyone to easily post and discover new content in Jaiku’s online community. It goes several steps further than other presence applications by allowing readers to add comments to individual posts and also allowing anyone to create, join and participate in topic related channels.

Third party developers have also extended Jaiku’s functionality for all major mobile and desktop platforms. Mobile users can access Jaiku via m.jaiku.com.

Originally posted on August 30, 2007 @ 10:01 am

Ancestry.com hits milestone with 275 million profiles and 3 million family trees

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ancestry.jpgAncestry.com announced that more than 275 million individual profiles and more than 3 million family trees have been created on the site since it debuted new tree-building and sharing tools in late July 2006. Users have also attached 30 million family history records and uploaded 2 million photographs.

“The combination of family and social networking with the most comprehensive collection of digitized and indexed family history documents has been a powerful catalyst behind this user-generated surge,” said Tim Sullivan, CEO of The Generations Network, parent company of Ancestry.com. “In the past year we’ve seen a remarkable networking effect as people use Ancestry.com to make great discoveries and share their findings with family members.”

This tremendous user-contributed growth has been fueled by two major content releases – the biggest online collection of African American historical documents and the web’s leading compilation of U.S. military records. Site traffic reached and remained at unprecedented levels in a prolific year that also included the announcement of a groundbreaking venture with Sorenson Genomics into the DNA genealogy field. The success was preceded by the 2006 launch of the only complete online U.S. Federal Census Collection and the largest Internet set of U.S. passenger lists.

Originally posted on August 28, 2007 @ 10:58 am