Content licensing as a quality signal for smarter AI

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Way back in 1981, newspapers were starting to think about delivering content via computer.

It's an exciting day for Newstex, our distributors, and our publishers. Today, Newstex announced the official launch of our new Video On Demand product.

It's an exciting week at Newstex. Get ready for a series of announcements starting with today's announcement of a new partnership between Newstex and JD Supra!

The 2009 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Previews event will showcase ten innovative early stage content technology companies at the start of SIIA's annual Information Industry Summit conference beginning on January 26th.

An interview with Vince Leibowitz of Capitol Annex.

New for Distributors Newstex has been working hard to provide additional ways for people to access the popular Blogs On Demand product, and we hit a home run in recent months through a new partnership with Amazon.

Time to kickoff a new feature on the Newstex blog - the Publisher INsider series.

Newstex has been named to the EContent 100 list of the companies that matter most in the digital content industry by EContent Magazine for the third year in a row.

The tradition continues! Calling all content foodies to join Larry Schwartz and Ed Keating (your hosts) for a Connecticut Content Breakfast. Almost an annual tradition!

Video from the SIIA Brown Bag on Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008 - Cloud Computing & Content: Where are the Best Opportunities?

At the end of January for the past two years I've helped produce the SIIA Previews event in New York. Previews provides a forum for early-stage content companies to present in front of the Information and Content Community including VC's and corporate development officers.

I will be participating on the panel at the SIIA Brown Bag Lunch: Cloud Computing and Content: Where Are the Best Opportunities? Wednesday,NOVEMBER 19, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm ET in New York.

Newstex is seeking an editor for Newstex Blogs OnDemand product and a blog and marketing/copy writer. Job descriptions are below.

I spoke today, Monday, September 15, 2008 at the ASIDIC Fall 2008 Meeting in Salem, Massachusetts.

Our good friends at Alacra posted a very nice interview with Larry Schwartz, President of Newtex. Please give it a read here.

Last month, the SIIA CODiE awards were the culmination of work by a lot of people behind the scenes as well as at the forefront of the competing companies and brands.

Once again, I"ve been drafted to help put together a new SIIA Previews event, this time in London at the Global Information Industry Summit ("GIS").

Our good friend Debby Richman over at Collarity wrote a nice blog post on SearchEngineWatch.com about our new Twitter aggregated newsfeed - "Newstwits"

The New York Times on Saturday, May 31 reported that the Phoenix Mars Lander has been "equipped" with Twitter and has been sending Tweets back to earth. Read NY Times article.

We use Twitter at Newstex and have noticed over the past four months a surge of activity on Twitter by many of the same bloggers whose blogs we syndicate.

Barry Graubart spends his day Tweeting all day long on Twitter and now he wants us all to LiveTwit at the SIIA NetGain Conference. Have no idea what I'm talking about? Read On...........

In a recent YouGovsurvey, respondents showed lack of understanding and consensus aboutthe laws regarding blogging and User Generated Content (UGC). It's interesting reading as over 77% of the bloggers surveyed are unclear on the legal liability issues.

SIIA Previews heads west to The SIIA Netgain Conference from May 18 - 20, 2008 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA.

Unfortunately my cold, that started before I left the east coast, has moved into my chest producing a bad cough and I've lost my voice. Interesting I learned last night about a company called Inn-House Doctor from the hotel concierge

Each presenter tried very hard to not do to much of a product demo but make general statements. I would have preferred detailed product pitches to really learn more about what each product does. I was left wondering how the products worked and what their business models are.

We just learned that Chuck Neul, who blogs as "The Reasoned Sceptic" has been asked to appear on Bill O'Reilly's - The O'Reilly Factor tonight (Monday, April 14, 2008) at 8pm ET on the Fox network.

I'll be attending the 9th annual Buying & Selling eContent at the beautiful Camelback Inn, in Scottsdale, Arizona from Monday April 14 - 15, 2008.

Day 1 of the BSEC 9th annual conference has kicked off at the Camel Back Inn in Scottsdale, AZ. Temperature today is expected to hit 98!

The deadline for new company submissions for the SIIA Previews - West has been extended until April 7, 2008.

Silicon Alley Insider reports that another SIIA Previews Class of 2007 company has completed a raise. Congratulations to Pando!

ASIDIC is holding their spring 2008 meeting from March 16 - 18, at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada.

At the end of January for the past two years I've helped produce the SIIA Previews event in New York. Previews provides a forum for early-stage content companies to present in front of the Information and Content Community including VC's and corporate development officers.

Our Friends at WebProNews take a look into how you can make money from blogging.They spoke withPresident of Newstex, Larry Schwartzabout benefits and disadvantages, along with other various topics of syndication.

Newstex, the leading provider of full text blogs for syndication to the financial, corporate and government marketplaces is seeking a BlogLicensing Contract Administrator.

For the second year in a row, Newstex has won a People's Choice Award from Information Today! Thank you to everyone who voted for us, we are honored.