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Content Division Newsletter
May 2008
  • Events
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  • New Members

  • Member Press Releases
  • Member Job Postings
  • Member Webinars & Events
  • Member White Papers

  • Government Affairs/Public Policy Updates

    • ¤ EVENTS
     ¤ Member Breakfast
    Join SIIA for breakfast to meet fellow SIIA members and get an update on new Content Division programs and initiatives.
      • SIIA Member Breakfast in Seattle - June 17

    ¤ Brown Bag Lunch and Webcast Series
    These programs inform, educate and provide updates on topics of interest to the information industry. Participate in person in New York City to network with your peers or participate virtually online. If you are interested in speaking at or hosting a Brown Bag Lunch in your city, please email your ideas and a brief bio describing how you or your proposed speaker can add value to the session.
     Upcoming:
        • Publishers Get ARMed! Attract, Retain and Monetize through Search - June 11, New York, NY  

    Videos of past SIIA Brown Bag Lunches are available here.

    ¤ SIIA Global Information Industry Summit: Navigate the Global Information Marketplace - September 9-11, 2008
         Plan now to attend the content industry’s 3rd annual Global Information Industry Summit to address global industry trends, identify new market opportunities, and share best practices. Leverage key networking events to build relationships with important B2B electronic publishing executives including publishers, content aggregators, and content technology companies.
    Register now to save with early-bird registration rates on individual and corporate registration packages.      Interested in speaking at the Global Information industry Summit? The Call for Speakers is now available.

    New for 2008:
            • SIIA Previews – showcases early-stage, innovative content and content-technology companies
           • Even more networking opportunities. visit the schedule for details.

    ¤ Executive FaceTime Series
    Executive FaceTime is an SIIA Content Division series program, broadcast live via the web. The program format is a one-on-one conversation supplemented with questions submitted by the web audience and posed through the host, Hal Espo, President, Contextual Connections, LLC.

     Upcoming:
       • Gordon Crovitz - June 12
       • Karen Abramson - September 25
       • Skip Prichard - October 8
     
    Videos of past Executive FaceTime Interviews are available here.

    ¤ San Francisco Wine & Chat - August 27
    Join us during the last true week of summer at the San Francisco Wine & Chat. Network with fellow software and content executives as you enjoy fine wine and hors d’oeuvres. Once again, a local winery will offer tastings, and hosts Groxis, MuseGlobal and MEI will have a list of local restaurants available for those who wish to enjoy dinner together after the event.

    ¤ NEWS
    ¤ Get Involved! The Information Industry Summit steering committee will meet weekly beginning June 11 at 10:00 am ET. If you are interested in participating and helping plan this flagship event contact Jenny Hansen.

    ¤ NetGain:
    On May 18-20 SIIA hosted its inaugural NetGain conference.Press coverage, videos and photos of the event will be available soon. NetGain PowerPoint presentations are also available.

    ¤ CODiE Awards: 
    Congratulations CODiE Award winners!

    ¤ NEW MEMBERS
    Acquire Media     Stewart Clark, SVP, Business Development
    Acquire Media is an advanced technology company devoted to delivering text news and multimedia with guaranteed reliability in formats that make content instantly usable and searchable. They serve the news, digital publishing and financial services communities, which depend on the speed of their delivery service, reliability, 24x7 support, and their ability to handle multiple formats and delivery options.
     ¤ MEMBER PRESS RELEASES: May 1 - June 1
    • Jordan, Edmiston Advises Times Publishing on Sale of CQ Press | JEGI
    • Jordan, Edmiston Client M:Metrics has been sold to comScore | JEGI
    • Launch of New ProQuest Obituaries Search Tools Bring Researchers Closer to Their Ancestors | ProQuest
    • Nstein Innovation Leaders Summit Attracts Global Media Executives | Nstein
    • ProQuest Announces Winners in the SIRS Student Video Podcast Contest | ProQuest
    • RSuite Partners with Inera to Leverage eXtyles Word-to-XML Editorial Environment | Really Strategies
    • ScribeMedia set to launch WebTV series, ‘From Print to Digital’ | ScribeMedia
    • washingtonpost.com, Newsweek Partner with NewsGator and Microsoft to Create Free Windows Mobile Application for 2008 Elections | Newsgator Berkery Noyes Handles Sale of TFM Trade Show to Hanley-Wood | Berkery Noyes
    • Copyright Clearance Center Names A. Miles McNamee Vice President of Business Development | Copyright Clearance Center
    • Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group Wins Four Codie Awards | Generate Inc.
    • Greenhill Management To Speak At Sanford C. Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference | Greenhill SAVP
    • Listen to Roland DeSilva, Rona Fairhead, CEO of the FT Group and others discuss global media M&A | Desilva+Phillips
    • Access Innovations Releases Data Harmony™ 3.4v1 | Access Innovations
    • Alacra Launches Alacra Affiliate Widget! | Alacra
    • Brook Venture Fund II Leads $1.8 M Investment in Really Strategies, Inc. | Really Strategies, Inc.
    • Copyright Clearance Center Names A. Miles McNamee | Copyright Clearance Center
    • FUMSI report:Asia-Pacific Research Resources | Free pint Ltd.
    • Kissinger Telephone Conversations Added to ProQuest's Digital National Security Archive | ProQuest
    • Listen to Roland DeSilva, Rona Fairhead, CEO of the FT Group and others discuss global media M&A | DeSilva + Phillips
    • ProQuest Hospital Collection debuts at MLA Annual Conference | ProQuest
    • Berkery Noyes Handles Sale of TFM Trade Show to Hanley-Wood | Berkery Noyes
    • Cortera Announces $8 Million Investment Press Release | Cortera
    • Deep Indexing for Key Springer Journals to be Added to CSA Illustrata | ProQuest
    • Environmental Professionals to Benefit from Delivery of New ASTM Vapor Intrusion Standard on Powerful, Easy-to-Navigate citation™ Web-based Platform | Citation Technologies
    • Greenhill SAVP Announces Investment in FTRANS, Corp. | Greenhill SAVP
    • Greenhill SAVP Invests in Pontiflex | Greenhill SAVP
    • ProQuest Names John Law Vice President, Discovery Services | ProQuest
    • Radhika Murari to Speak on Digital Preservation Panel at SSP's 2008 Annual Meeting | Apex CoVantage
    • Really Strategies Welcomes Ann Michael as Vice President and General Manager to Lead Professional Services Team | Really Strategies
    • Springer Journals Added to CSA Illustrata | ProQuest

     ¤ MEMBER JOB POSTINGS
    • Director of Product and Market Management | BLR
    SIIA members may send notices of job openings, white papers, press releases and upcoming events to cwr@siia.net and we will run ads here with a link to the posting.

      ¤ MEMBER WEBINARS & EVENTS
    • Media Hub: Demystify aggregation, tagging, searching and monetization of media assets - June 10 | Nstein
    • B2B Vertical Search: Enabling Information Discovery and Decision Making for an Industry Community - June 17 | FAST
    • Workers' Compensation, ADA and FMLA: The Crossover Confusion - June 19 | J.J. Keller and Associates
    • Using Search to Better Serve Users Through New Revenue-Generating Services - July 15 | FAST

     ¤     MEMBER WHITE PAPERS
         • A Simple Framework for Competitive Strategy | Greenhouse Associates
    • Getting It Right: A Checklist for Avoiding Market Research Mistakes | Greenhouse Associates
    • Set Your Content Free (and Monetize It) | Attributor

     ¤     GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS / PUBLIC POLICY
         SIIA's Government Affairs program aggressively promotes and protects the interests of its member companies in legal and public policy debates by working with state, federal and international policymakers, organizing grassroots activism and participating in landmark legal decisions. SIIA is the leading voice on key issues affecting the software and digital content industry, particularly with regard to electronic commerce and the digital marketplace. For a list of recent policy papers http://www.siia.net/govt/.

    ¤ POLICY UPDATES
    The following updates and commentaries have been recently posted:
     5/15 - Testimony of Mark Bohannon on Digital Piracy - Texas Legislature
     5/7 - SIIA Comments to US DoED on FERPA Regulations
         5/6 - Intellectual Property Update
     

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