Internet Week New York

By Gillian Reagan 6/05/09 5:25pm

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Rock ‘n’ Blogroll: Diller, Murdoch, Zucker Friend Each Other at Internet Week Soiree

Diller, Murdoch, Zucker Friend Each Other at Internet Week Soiree: An Observer photo Read More

By Gillian Reagan 6/03/09 7:10pm

The Future of Something: Nick Denton, Bonnie Fuller, and Others Hold Forth at I Want Media Panel

All that inky meat “shaken loose” from magazine and newspaper layoffs might seem like tasty bait for blog companies, according to Gawker chief Nick Denton. But he doesn’t want ‘em. “It’s very, very tempting right now to say, ‘Ok, let’s go out and let’s hire 50 of the best people from newspapers and Read More

By Gillian Reagan 6/03/09 5:43pm

Top Tech ‘Pimp’ Jason Calacanis Presents Mahalo 2.0

Last night, on June 2, Jason Calacanis was introduced as Silicon Alley’s “original pimp” by Meetup’s Scott Heiferman and debuted a new version of his “human powered search engine,” Mahalo.com. “My wife is here,” Mr. Calacanis said to the crowd of about 775 entreprenuers, venture capitalists, tech geeks and Silicon Valley randoms who had Read More

By Joe Pompeo 6/02/09 6:56pm

Forget Soho! Steven Brill Thinks Inside The Box at Internet Week Panel on Startups

By Sharon Barbour and Eliza Shapiro 6/02/09 12:26pm

Scenes From Last Night’s Opening Bash

Last night at the Puck Building, arriving Internet Weekers packed the ballroom to drink free drinks and watch as DJs mashed up videos and music. But for the most part they were there to find their friends and get the weeklong party started.

The party was a co-production of The New York Observer and YouTube, Read More

By Gillian Reagan 6/02/09 5:57am

Go Calacanis: If This Were 10 Years Ago, It’d Be Ecstasy!

“If this was ten years ago, DJ Spooky would have been playing the Chemical Brothers and about a third of the room would have been on ecstasy,” said Jason Calacanis, veteran Silicon Alley tech star as founder of Weblogs, Inc., former Silicon Alley Read More

By Gillian Reagan 6/02/09 5:49am

Webby Wenceslas Rodger Berman Says It’s All About ‘Them’

“They’re like my children, I can’t pick a favorite,” said Rodger Berman, president of Recognition Media, who left Bravo’s princess of celebrity style Rachel Zoe at home, but had no shortage of pretty ladies fluttering about him at tonight’s Read More

By Joe Pompeo 6/02/09 5:42am

The Veil of Cashmore! Geek Gets Some at Internet Week

Pete Cashmore, founder of the massively popular social media news blog Mashable.com, was near the bar chatting with dropi.io’s Sam Lessin at The Observer’s Internet Week Kickoff Party last night at the Puck Building.

Dressed in a grey vest and pinstriped white button-down shirt, the handsome young tech entrepreneur had flown in from Read More

By Joe Pompeo 6/02/09 5:31am

Marketplace of Ideas: Dollar Van Demos!

Perhaps the quirkiest of all the startups we encountered at The Observer’s Internet Week Kickoff Party last night at the Puck Building was Dollar Van Demos.

Some quick background: Dollar vans are privately owned vehicles that typically service New York neighborhoods that are underserved by mass transit. Back in February, the Sunset Park-based Read More

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Rock ‘n’ Blogroll: Diller, Murdoch, Zucker Friend Each Other at Internet Week Soiree

The Future of Something: Nick Denton, Bonnie Fuller, and Others Hold Forth at I Want Media Panel

Top Tech ‘Pimp’ Jason Calacanis Presents Mahalo 2.0

Forget Soho! Steven Brill Thinks Inside The Box at Internet Week Panel on Startups

Scenes From Last Night’s Opening Bash

Go Calacanis: If This Were 10 Years Ago, It’d Be Ecstasy!

Webby Wenceslas Rodger Berman Says It’s All About ‘Them’

The Veil of Cashmore! Geek Gets Some at Internet Week

Marketplace of Ideas: Dollar Van Demos!

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