The NEW MEDIA TasteMakers SUMMIT
on New Media & Video 2.0

http://www.NewMediaTasteMakers.com



WHEN: This Friday, for the very first time, key players, execs, moguls, editors, producers, bloggers, designers and tastemakers gather for an exclusive summit in San Francisco on May 2nd. Their goal is to discuss the lucrative & highly influential Lifestyle-verticals of food & wine, fashion & design, and metro-regional guides in New Media.

WHY: New Media Tastemakers have now attained unprecedented reach & influence over what global and local consumers buy, eat, drink, watch, wear, and do in leisure and in life.

HOW: At the New Media Tastemakers Summit, attendees will share ideas, network, and prepare their businesses for economic and technological opportunities specific to this category. It also allows hopeful marketers, partners, culinary and fashion gurus, and investors to talk face-to-face.

New partner sponsors for the Summit include Mumm Napa & Snap Internet Communicator.

WHO: Summit attendees include YouTube, Yelp, Yahoo, Chow.com, Turnhere, AOL Food, Bhootan, BooRah, Burst Media/CD Kitchen, Danoo, Fanpop, Fashiontribes, Federated Media...

Foodbuzz.com, Gayot.com, Intercasting Corp, Kickapps, LA.com, Like.com, Metromix / Tribune Interactive - Gannett, MobiTV, Reality Digital...

SFStation/Boulevards Networks, Soma Management/Somagirl.tv, Stylehive.com, TasteTV, The Sugar Network (YumSugar.com, FabSugar.com)...

Tilzy.TV, ArtoftheDrink.com, 7x7 Magazine, Zinio,
Menupages, Dwell Magazine, FohBoh.com, CBS, FutureWorks and more.

WHAT: Topics to be discussed at the Summit range from panels titled "Influencing & Following Consumer Tastes in a Digital World: The New Players, The New Paradigms, The New Moguls," and "Traditional Media: Embracing Digital Strategies to Viably Evolve" to "The Rise of TasteMaker Content and Distribution," "Social Networks and Broadband Platforms," and "Profitable Branding & Marketing: - Leveraging Influencer Buzz at the Local Level."

Attendees will also have the opportunity to taste new products provided and services provided by various sponsoring organizations. More information about the New Media Tastemakers Summit can be found at www.NewMediaTastemakers.com

Where New Media, Good Business & Great Taste Meet

Over twenty high-profile companies will be expert speakers and panelists, including:

Kara Walsh, CEO
METROMIX LLC (TRIBUNE INTERACTIVE -GANNETT)

Michael Chin, Senior Vice President, Marketing
KICKAPPS: Social Media Applications On Demand

R Jason Middleton. Editor in Chief
LA.com

Sonia McFarland, Business Development
YELP

Brian Sugar, Founder and CEO
SUGAR INC. (YumSugar, FabSugar)

Davina Baum, Managing Editor
CHOW.com

Morgan Brown, Director of Marketing
TURNHERE

Derrick Oien, President
INTERCASTING CORP.

David Cooperstein, CMO
BURST MEDIA

Doug Collister, Vice President
FOODBUZZ.com

Harlow F. Newton III, Director of Digital Marketing & Strategy
BOULEVARDS CITY GUIDE NETWORK / SFStation.com

Lesley Scott-Silbergeld, Editor in Chief
FASHIONTRIBES.com

EC Morgan, CEO
SOMA MANAGEMENT, LLC / SOMAGIRLS.tv

Azhar Khan, Cofounder, VP of Engineering & Merchant Operations
LIKE.com

Sabrina Yeung, Managing Editor
STYLEHIVE.com

Jamison Tilsner
TILZY.TV

Kristin Hawley Dossetti, VP, Programming
BHOOTAN

Nagaraju Bandaru, Co-founder & CTO
BOORAH

....and more to be announced

Find out more about the latest industry developments, uncover potential partners, and explore ways to survive and thrive. Learn how to promote yourself and products, find partners, increase distribution and more.

No other conference or summit specifically focuses on the culture-shaping and consumer-driving Lifestyle categories of New Media, nor on their influence, creativity, profitability, dynamics, key players, innovations, and future. Don't miss it.

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