Jun 09 2008

Itibiti To Reach US College Students – Online & On Campus

Published by David Lucatch under Press Release

Good Morning,

Intertainment has announced that it will begin rolling out its Itibiti program to US Colleges beginning August 2008.

Working with a worldwide entertainment brand, which will be announced before launch, Itibiti will be available through the brand’s highly recognizable online web sites and on campus programs. The current online and college programs reach over 5 million people monthly.

This is a great opportunity for Itibiti to quickly reach the Generation Y crowd, who are the early adopters of the Internet. Itibiti can easily be shared among friends, increasing the viral opportunity for the application.

Intertainment is also testing the new Facebook integration tool, which will allow users to review and interact with their Facebook account directly from the Itibiti desktop.

In the past few weeks, Intertainment has announced a number of deals with major brand segments and we continue to work on additional revenue generating business programs.

Itibiti has been beta tested for the past 7 months and has been well received by all our users. Revenues will launch immediately with the application roll out, as the system has a number of “touch points” to create income.

I encourage you to read the release below and if you have any questions, please feel free to call me.

Best regards,

David

Intertainment’s Itibiti Rolling Out To US Colleges

TORONTO, CANADA, June 9, 2008- Intertainment Media Inc. (“Intertainment” or the “Company”) (TSXV:INT) is pleased to announce that it has negotiated a preliminary agreement to provide its voice powered social networking platform, Itibiti, to college age students with a major worldwide entertainment brand. In addition to the brand’s highly recognizable online programs, its linear broadcasting is connected to over 200 University and College campuses in the US. The current online and collegiate programs reach over 5 million US consumers monthly. The timetable for the first phase of the program begins with the back to school events scheduled for mid August 2008.

Itibiti will be co-branded with the entertainment company and various paid sponsors. Revenues will be generated through integrated advertising, promotions, custom applications and permission based marketing. Itibiti will receive operational fees of up to 40% of the gross revenues, with the balance of the revenues split among the partners.

University and college students will be able to have a feature rich Itibiti desktop application with exclusive content, the ability to upload their own video blogs to the desktop player channel and free communications services. The application will also connect to popular 3rd party social networking and entertainment sites. Users will have access to free communication services both over the Internet and to land and mobile phones across North America. Itibiti will also be available to alumni, increasing distribution to the graduate community.

“Itibiti is quickly gaining traction among a wide range of marketing channels. Consumer brands, educational platforms and commercial enterprises are embracing the ability to reach their target audience through the desktop, and provide them with a technically robust and value oriented application to increase mind share. Itibiti will provide students with a clutter-free desktop environment where they can watch content, engage in a number of social activities and communicate all from one location, while at the same time creating a revenue based environment for Itibiti and its brand partners,” said Mr. David Lucatch, CEO of Intertainment Media Inc.

In addition, Intertainment is pleased to announce that it has closed $390,000 of its previously announced private placement. The offering, consisting of units, was priced at $0.10 CDN and consisted of one common share and one common share purchase warrant at $0.18 for 2 years from the date of closing. The common purchase warrant has a feature that allows the Company to have the holder exercise the warrant if the stock reaches $0.30 CDN or higher for 30 consecutive days.

For industry information, comments and more, please visit the Intertainment Media blog at www.intertainmentmedia.com/blog

About Intertainment’s Itibiti
Intertainment’s Itibiti platform is a proprietary, social networking, multimedia and communications environment that can be installed directly on a user’s computer desktop. This provides clients with custom branding, loyalty and revenue opportunities prior to the user launching their Internet services. Key features of the Itibiti platform include IP Telephony, video/multimedia on demand, instant messaging, SMS, integrated in a feature rich interface that includes a mini web browser, desktop telephone and chat system which can be utilized to create active links to the affinity partners web pages, providing information and outside services and a complete advertising and marketing platform for revenue generation.

About Intertainment
Intertainment Media Inc. (www.intertainmentmedia.com) is a conventional and new media company with an experienced and innovative team of professionals focused on delivering leading edge technology and marketing solutions. Intertainment develops and invests in strategic programs that enable clients to increase their branding and loyalty relationships with their consumers while focusing on increased revenue generation. Intertainment owns, operates and invests in high value content, traffic management, advertising and social networking solutions including, Eye Rock Digital (www.eyerockdigital.com) No Good TV (www.ngtv.com), Trooker Inc. (www.trooker.com), and Itibiti Inc. Intertainment Media Inc. is headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. The company is listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange (symbol: INT).

This news release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially because of factors discussed in the management discussion and analysis section of our interim and most recent annual financial statements or other reports and filings with the TSX Venture Exchange and applicable Canadian securities regulations. We do not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statements.

Corporate Inquiries:
David Lucatch, CEO
905-763-3510

Investor Communications:
Buchalter Consulting
1-866-631-6537
Stan.Buchalter@BuchalterConsulting.ca

Online Investor Relations Hub:
AGORACOM
INT@Agoracom.com
www.agoracom.com/IR/intertainment

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Jun 02 2008

Intertainment’s Magnum Signs Major Revenue Contracts

Published by David Lucatch under Press Release

Intertainment’s Magnum Division Signs Contracts To Increase Business Up To 90% Per Year…

This morning we’ve announced that our graphic services division, Magnum has signed multi year contracts with a major leading Stationer to increase its overall business by up to 90% per year. This is an expected increase of a minimum of $600,000 per year to up to $1.5 Million in additional divisional business, based on the client’s historical activities.

The opportunities include the expansion of Magnum’s online Ordering and Management Information Systems, which allow end users to customize, order and manage inventories all online. Magnum is one of the first companies in the industry to deploy this type system on a private label basis for its clients and its client’s customers.

As an evolving new media business, Intertainment and its divisions are constantly looking at new ways to integrate its conventional business opportunities that are continuing to grow. Over the past 2 years, Magnum has been re-inventing itself primarily as an Agency Services Company, working with major ad and marketing firms to provide a number of outsourced services.

One of the new key areas that Magnum is focusing on is variable data services, or mass customization production. This allows companies to collect data, through surveys, mail back forms, online, etc. and port data, along with multiple images and text files and integrate them “on the fly” to produce individual customized direct mail. This is a very opportunistic approach that allows companies to collect data from the Internet and then send you a customized brochure in the mail. This allows for a truly conventional and new media one to one program.

Let’s say you see a car online and you customize it with your preferences of color, options, etc. and you fill in the required info so the manufacturer knows where you live and your individual details. Magnum can take this info, and based on a relational database, send you in the mail, your customized car brochure, with your info, background images of your city, etc. This integrates the online or new media experience with the conventional media direct mail experience.

Magnum is also an accredited FSC certified printer, bringing a host of environmentally friendly services to its clients, allowing them to project eco-conscious messaging to their customers.

Intertainment has defined its core product offerings and is moving forward swiftly towards increased revenues. We believe that this is the best way to increase sustainability and shareholder values.

I invite you to read the release below, and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards,

David

Intertainment’s Magnum Signs Major Client Contracts

TORONTO, CANADA, June 2, 2008- Intertainment Media Inc. (“Intertainment” or the “Company”) (TSXV:INT) is pleased to announce that its graphic services division, Magnum, has signed multi year service and supply contracts with a major leading Canadian Stationer. Revenue from these contracts is expected to substantially increase its ongoing business with the client by an additional minimum of $600,000 per year, and based on the client’s historical activities, additional revenue may rise to $1.5 Million or more per year depending on the volume of trade activity. The contracts takes effect immediately and new revenue is expected to begin within 30 days.

Based on Intertainment’s reported Year End Statements as at June 30, 2007, these contracts may effectively increase business of the Graphics Services Segmented Revenue by a minimum of 36% and up to an increase of 90% per year based on the client’s historical activities. It is expected that Gross Margins will also rise, as there is no substantive increase in fixed costs associated with these contracts. As part of the contracts, the client is transferring ownership of a number of production assets to Magnum at no material cost. The equipment will allow Magnum to extend its operational capabilities to all its current and future clients as well.

Over the past 2 years Magnum has successfully developed and installed a private label client online system that allows the client’s customers to design and order a number of customized deliverables directly from their computer. This system is also able to provide complete MIS, Management Information Services, to the client and their customers. The system has significantly increased efficiencies for all parties, as it allows the end customer to have greater direct control over the final product and reduces overall production and delivery time.

Magnum offers clients a number of online and Internet integrated solutions allowing customers to develop programs that are tied to new and conventional media. Magnum also provides variable print programs that allow online customers to collect data and port it to Magnum’s production facility, providing unique one to one applications for conventional direct marketing programs.

Magnum has the distinction of being an accredited FSC certified printer, enabling today’s business to be environmentally conscious. Magnum’s President, Jana Lucatch and Mr. Rob Cole, Vice-President Production Operations are both FSC Expert Pioneers.

Intertainment Media Inc. is also pleased to announce that Mr. Rob Cole has been promoted to the position of Vice-President Production Operations for all of Intertainment’s programs. Mr. Cole has been the lead on this client program and was the primary person responsible for the new contracts. Rob Cole has been with Magnum for over 16 years, and has been instrumental in the development of both the conventional and online production systems for the entire company and its divisions.

“We are very proud to have Rob Cole as part of our executive management team. His dedication to our clients, staff and the overall business is exemplary. We are confident that his skills will assist us to increase value to all our stakeholders. The new business that the Magnum team has secured will increase our corporate revenues and overall client offerings,” said Mr. David Lucatch, CEO Intertainment Media Inc.

For industry information, comments and more, please visit the Intertainment Media blog at www.intertainmentmedia.com/blog

About Magnum
Magnum Fine Commercial Printing Limited is a forward thinking organization with a wealth of experience and knowledge, bringing over 20 years of service to clients providing high quality communications deliverables. Magnum is committed to the highest standards in design, production and customer service.
Magnum has a highly sophisticated, in-house, state of the art design centre that can handle all our client’s creative needs. Magnum utilizes a complete range of the latest generation production platforms, providing on-demand and commercial print services for marketing collateral and corporate communications. Magnum offers clients a range of variable data production services, providing one to many, one to few and one to one conventional communication applications for new media programs. Our clients can take data directly from their web site, online survey systems and other Internet programs and port the information to our production facility providing a direct mail piece to be generated, continuing consumer activity after they go offline.
About Intertainment
Intertainment Media Inc. (www.intertainmentmedia.com) is a conventional and new media company with an experienced and innovative team of professionals focused on delivering leading edge technology and marketing solutions. Intertainment develops and invests in strategic programs that enable clients to increase their branding and loyalty relationships with their consumers while focusing on increased revenue generation. Intertainment owns, operates and invests in high value content, traffic management, advertising and social networking solutions including, Eye Rock Digital (www.eyerockdigital.com) No Good TV (www.ngtv.com), Trooker Inc. (www.trooker.com), and Itibiti Inc. Intertainment Media Inc. is headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. The company is listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange (symbol: INT).

This news release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially because of factors discussed in the management discussion and analysis section of our interim and most recent annual financial statements or other reports and filings with the TSX Venture Exchange and applicable Canadian securities regulations. We do not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statements.

Corporate Inquiries:
David Lucatch, CEO
905-763-3510

Investor Communications:
Buchalter Consulting
1-866-631-6537
Stan.Buchalter@BuchalterConsulting.ca

Online Investor Relations Hub:
AGORACOM
INT@Agoracom.com
www.agoracom.com/IR/intertainment

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May 30 2008

Java Jots - WOM Marketing and Customer Service

Published by David Lucatch under Java Jots - AM Notes

While Word Of Mouth (WOM) marketing isn’t new as many of sing the virtues of our favorite products and programs to others, the technology to spread it is increasing.

Today’s messages about things that are good, and bad, can spread like wildfire in a matter of minutes. All it takes is a few well motivated people, and a little bit of technology, to let all their friends know about something the would like to recommend (or avoid) and “boom” instant success (or failure).

That is why, among other things, customer service is so important. In the new media arena, Customer Service Reps (CSRs) become your ambassadors to the world.

In a recent MSN article, it was amazing to see that many large companies place such little value on their virtual face to the consumer. Horror stories not only pop up on the net about bad service, they are posted everywhere, and consumers that research products, services and company offerings can be turned off immediately. Remember, the Internet allows you to post news and your opinions, which in the heat of the moment may be one-sided and unfair.

Companies must realize that their image and brand are their most important assets in the online success matrix and they need to make sure that they are optimizing customer service to the best of their ability. That doesn’t mean that they have to provide call center services and on-shore staff, but they have to be conscious of the needs of their customers.

Using intuitive FAQ systems, ticket programs, loyalty incentives and other easy to implement services can keep your customers singing sunshine about your company and spreading that goodwill to others.

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May 29 2008

Intertainment’s Itibiti Begins Tests With Pro Sports

Published by David Lucatch under Press Release

Voice Powered Social Networking enhances Fan experiences

TORONTO, CANADA, May 28, 2008- Intertainment Media Inc. (“Intertainment” or the “Company”) (TSXV:INT) is pleased to announce that it has begun extensive testing of its voice powered social networking platform, Itibiti, with a major international professional sports organization. Upon successful completion of the tests, which are expected to last approximately 30 days, the Company anticipates entering an agreement to deliver a private label version for a number of announced sports properties.

Intertainment is developing a series of interactive fan experiences that will allow paid sponsors to increase exposure via the private label Itibiti program. This will provide official sponsors with the ability to extend the reach of their brands through Itibiti to their online and conventional programs. Additional revenues will be generated through integrated advertising, promotions, custom applications and permission based marketing. Itibiti will receive operational fees, with the balance of the revenues split among the partners.

Itibiti is providing a new way for organizations and fans to interact with each other. Information flow can be instantaneous through the desktop and fans can communicate with the organization and each other using Itibiti online and to land and mobile phones. The organization can segment its users based on various criteria, allowing specific content and offers to be directed to those that are the most likely to respond. Working with commercial partners, revenues can be increase through specialized offerings, creating one to one marketing initiatives and fan experiences.

“With a constant stream of news and information in the public domain, sports and entertainment organizations are looking at new ways to embrace and interact with fans. Itibiti’s desktop application provides instant communication when a user turns on their computer, and provides the organization with a number of opportunities to increase loyalty and revenues. In addition, Itibiti provides permission based programs, allowing segmentation of users providing the organization with ways to maximize returns on marketing, content and revenue based offerings,” said Mr. David Lucatch, CEO of Intertainment Media Inc.

For industry information, comments and more, please visit the Intertainment Media blog at www.intertainmentmedia.com/blog

About Intertainment’s Itibiti Softphone Platform
Intertainment’s Itibiti Softphone platform is a proprietary, social networking, multimedia and communications environment that can be installed directly on a user’s computer desktop. This provides clients with custom branding, loyalty and revenue opportunities prior to the user launching their Internet services. Key features of the Softphone platform include IP Telephony, video/multimedia on demand, instant messaging, SMS, integrated in a feature rich interface that includes a mini web browser, desktop telephone and chat system which can be utilized to create active links to the affinity partners web pages, providing information and outside services and a complete advertising and marketing platform for revenue generation.

About Intertainment
Intertainment Media Inc. (www.intertainmentmedia.com) is a conventional and new media company with an experienced and innovative team of professionals focused on delivering leading edge technology and marketing solutions. Intertainment develops and invests in strategic programs that enable clients to increase their branding and loyalty relationships with their consumers while focusing on increased revenue generation. Intertainment owns, operates and invests in high value content, traffic management, advertising and social networking solutions including, Eye Rock Digital (www.eyerockdigital.com) No Good TV (www.ngtv.com), Trooker Inc. (www.trooker.com), and Itibiti Inc. Intertainment Media Inc. is headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. The company is listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange (symbol: INT).

This news release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially because of factors discussed in the management discussion and analysis section of our interim and most recent annual financial statements or other reports and filings with the TSX Venture Exchange and applicable Canadian securities regulations. We do not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statements.

Corporate Inquiries:
David Lucatch, CEO
905-763-3510

Investor Communications:
Buchalter Consulting
1-866-631-6537
Stan.Buchalter@BuchalterConsulting.ca

Online Investor Relations Hub:
AGORACOM
INT@Agoracom.com
www.agoracom.com/IR/intertainment

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May 29 2008

Java Jots - The Internet is just like a grocery store

Published by David Lucatch under Java Jots - AM Notes

Many of you may have read the news release we sent out yesterday, May 28, 2008 announcing the beginning of our Itibiti test period with a major international sports organization.

For Itibiti, this is a “tipping point” as it validates a number of brand extension issues that we defined when we began second phase development of the program.

For many conventional and online brands, the costs associated with keeping your online brand in front of a customer are rising. Itibiti, as a integrated and value based desktop application, keeps the customer engaged as soon as they turn on their computer, and lowers the overall cost.

Why the desktop? The best way to explain this is to look at Supernarket / Grocery Store shopping. Many companies just put their products on shelves, just like all their competitors and when you’re going up and down the aisles, you can select from a variety of brands. If you’re familiar with the store, you know where everything is (it’s sort of “bookmarked” in your head”) and you can gravitate to that area immediately without having to search. That’s just like the Internet.

Sometimes, something grabs your attention, and if you don’t have a list in your hands (which none of us do when surfing) you might forget to get that familiar item and have to make a second trip or go without for the moment. This too, is just like the Internet. When we browse, we may see something on a home page or when searching around, and literally forget to visit our usual sites.

Now, if you’re a smart and aggressive marketer, you literally pay many dollars to be on the front of the aisle, on a display, or at the checkout counter. All these things increase your profile and the “impulse” factor for a consumer. Many of the celebrity newspapers are at the checkout counter and do an outstanding business as everyone takes a look at them while standing in line. Many buy them for the content, entertainment value and just to see our favorite celebrities acting badly.

This area is the same as the computer desktop. When a major brand wants attention, they can get it “NOW” from Itibiti’s platform. They can reside on a user’s desktop and be the “impulse” item visited each time the computer is turned on.

Best,

David

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May 28 2008

Java Jots - China Goes Online For The Gold

Published by David Lucatch under Java Jots - AM Notes

China Goes for the Online Gold

May 27, 2008 - eMarketer

Like seemingly everything else in China, online advertising is growing fast

In terms of sheer numbers of users, 2008 marks the year that China overtakes the US as the largest Internet market in the world.

“By 2012 there will be 373 million Internet users in China, 150 million more than in the US at the same time,” says Ben Macklin, eMarketer senior analyst and author of the new report, Online Advertising in China: The Olympic Year. “Despite this fact, the Chinese Internet market is still relatively immature and only in its first phase of growth.

“This makes China a large—and growing—opportunity for online advertising.”

eMarketer forecasts that online advertising spending in China will grow from RMB7 billion ($924 million) in 2007 to RMB29.26 billion ($4.9 billion) in 2012. In projecting yearly growth rates, eMarketer assumed a strong uptick in 2008 due to the Beijing Olympics and annual growth above 30% to 2012.

“The 2008 Beijing Olympics will be a significant driver of advertising spending growth,” says Mr. Macklin, “but positive underlying economic and demographic indicators point to continued advertising spending growth well beyond this year.”

The strong online advertising growth “is predicated on continued Internet user and household broadband adoption, increased Internet usage and ongoing economic growth in the country,” says Mr. Macklin.

Age is also an important characteristic to consider when appraising online advertising options in China.

According to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), 69% of Chinese Internet users are ages 30 and younger. Only 39.7% of Internet users in the US are in that age category.

“The majority of Chinese Internet users may not have much disposable income today, but their spending power will increase over the next 10 years,” says Mr. Macklin. “Marketers should keep that in mind when developing online marketing plans.”

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May 27 2008

Java Jots - Online Ad Spend to Grow Rapidly

Online Ad Spend to Grow Rapidly

Marketers are continuing to put ad dollars online at the expense of print advertising, according to the 2008 “State of the Marketer” survey report from Eloqua, which found that 55 percent of marketers anticipate a decrease in print ad spend three years from now, reports MarketingCharts.

Spending Trends

Online advertising spend is expected grow at a rapid rate, with 90 percent of marketers saying they will continue to increase their direct online advertising budgets - and 15 percent saying they will “radically” increase online ad spend.

Moreover, some 78 percent of marketers say they will increase their social media spend; 74 percent say they will increase their direct email spend; and 65 percent say they will increase their mobile texting/SMS spend.

Overall, more than 40 percent of marketers have radically increased their budgets for online advertising from three years ago. Also…

· Some 23 percent of all marketers surveyed say they have increased their spending on Google AdWords.
· 26 percent of marketers say they have increased their direct email spending.
· 60 percent said they have kept their text and SMS spending on par with spending three years ago.
· In general, print advertising, direct mail and broadcast spend remained the same vs. three years ago

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May 26 2008

Java Jots - Online Ad Spending Holding Strong

Published by David Lucatch under Java Jots - AM Notes

Good Morning,

Here is a recent article from eMarketer. Online Advertising spending continues to grow, even with a slowdown in the US Economy.

Online Ad Spending Holding Strong
MAY 23, 2008 – eMarketer

For the full year 2007, online ad revenues totaled $21.2 billion, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)/PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) “2007 Internet Advertising Revenue Report.” That was 26% higher than 2006, which was itself a record year.

The IAB and PwC said that Q4 2007 Internet advertising revenues reached $5.9 billion, the highest ever for a single quarter and 24% higher than the same period in 2006.

“Despite the current state of economic uncertainty, 2007 was another record year and the 13th consecutive record quarter,” said David Silverman, partner, Assurance, PwC, in a statement.

As in prior years, consumer advertisers were the largest category of Internet advertising spending, at 55% of 2007 full-year revenues, up from 52% from the full year 2006.

eMarketer predicts that despite continued strength relative to most other media, Internet ad spending growth will drop to about 16% in 2009. This slowdown reflects a combination of the maturing online ad market and overall economic weakness.

There will be a bounce back in 2010 due to a recovering economy and a much larger influx of branding-oriented ad dollars flowing online. One major source of those escalating spends will be video ads, which are relatively expensive and greatly desired.

“By 2012, the anticipated boom in online video advertising combined with continued strength in more established Internet ad categories, such as paid search and classifieds, will mean spending growth greater than 20% for the first time since 2008,” said David Hallerman, senior analyst at eMarketer.

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May 25 2008

Look what Twitter is getting as its valuation - $80 Million

Published by David Lucatch under Industry News

Wow! Imagine you have a popular online platform with millions of users (under 10 million), with no defined business model, brown-outs, staff turnover and questionable mainstream adoption and you still get $15 Million second round funding with an $80 Million valuation.

It seems that the dotcom era is back and rather healthy. As people start moving out of resources and juniors start to take on a shine, the future could be very bright for Intertainment, especially with the upcoming launch of Itibiti. Once you have a chance to read the article below from PaidContent.org, take a few minutes and look at our itibiti pages on the blog. Better yet, take the tour of itibiti at www.intertainmentmedia.com/itibiti/presentation.html

Twitter Gets $15 Million Second Round; $80 Million Valuation: Report
By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 22 May 2008

Given the obsession with all things Twitter, this has been one of the most anticipated and hotly discussed fundings in a while: Om reports that after much jostling, the micro-blogging/messaging company has nailed down a $15 million second round, bringing its total raise to around $20 million. The pre-money valuation is said to be $80 million. Past backer USV participated as well as an unspecified lead investor.

Pretty much every discussion about Twitter has to revolve around (at least) one of three things: reliability, mainstream adoption and business model. The new round comes amidst a particularly bad stretch at the company, which has been suffering blackouts on a daily basis as of late. While there’s hope that the new funding could help solve some of these woes, it’s not clear that the problem is something that will just go away with more money thrown at it. A recent post on the company’s blog basically states that the crux of the problem is unknown. As it wrestles with this issue the company has had some turnover among its key engineers. Still, it’s not obvious what long-term effects Twitter’s downtime will have on the company. Faithful customers are obviously frustrated by it, but not necessarily to the point where they’ll stop using it. Growth, meanwhile, has been off the chart.

Of course the business model remains a bit of a mystery, and perhaps more than anything, this new round is about buying the company time to figure that out without resorting to something cheap and obvious like banner ads across the site.

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May 25 2008

Welcome to Java Jots - New Media To Get Your Day Started

Published by David Lucatch under Java Jots - AM Notes

Enjoy the day!

I was thinking how to keep people engaged with fresh brewed news and at the same time not have to get up earlier than I usually do (around 5 am or so). What I’ve come up with is a short morning post that will give you, the reader, an early view of the day with respect to New Media and related topics.

Having said that, I’d like to welcome you to Java Jots, our way to say good morning.

We look forward to serving you a cup full of the richest, yet bold, industry news that will get your morning energized. We suggest you sip it slowly.

David

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