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Exclusive: New MSNBC.com-BermanBraun Online Political Site BLTWY Launches

in News on October 6, 2010 at 7:12 am PT

While it seems to be a stealth launch, the new online political site for MSNBC.com, created by Hollywood production firm BermanBraun, is now up and running. Called BLTWY–as in “Beltway,” presumably for the road that rings the nation’s capital–the striking rich-media content site is now live.

Rolling Stone’s Web Failure Wasn’t So Shabby, After All. But Now What?

in Media on August 31, 2009 at 1:32 pm PT

Conventional wisdom of the day: Magazine mogul Jann Wenner, the man who made his mark with Rolling Stone in the 60s and 70s, and then again with US Weekly in this decade, has blown it on the Web. And now it’s too late for him to catch up. And who knows? It may even be true. But here’s one bit of nuance to chew on: Magazine mogul Jann Wenner has made money–as in, a profit–on the Web for the last five years.
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