''Silicon Alley Reporter'' was an American
trade publication
A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry. The collective term for thi ...
focused on New York's
Silicon Alley
Silicon Alley is an area of high tech companies centered around southern Manhattan's Flatiron district in New York City. The term was coined in the 1990s during the dot-com boom, alluding to California's Silicon Valley tech center. The term h ...
.
Founded by
Jason Calacanis
Jason McCabe Calacanis (born November 28, 1970) is an American Internet entrepreneur, angel investor, author and podcaster.
His first company was part of the dot-com era in New York. His second venture, Weblogs, Inc., a publishing company tha ...
in 1996, then was renamed the ''Venture Reporter'' in 2001 and was eventually sold to
Dow Jones in 2003.
Rafat Ali served as Managing Editor before founding
paidContent.org and its parent company
ContentNext Media.
Notable contributors include
Xeni Jardin
Xeni Jardin (; born Jennifer Hamm, August 5, 1970) is an American weblogger, digital media commentator, and tech culture journalist. She is known as a former co-editor of the collaborative weblog ''Boing Boing'', a former contributor to '' ''Wire ...
, Rafat Ali and
Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky (born 1964) is an American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies and journalism.
In 2017 he was appointed Vice Provost of Educational Technologies of New York University (NYU), aft ...
. The parent company of ''Silicon Alley Reporter'' and ''Venture Reporter'' was called
Rising Tide Studios
Jason McCabe Calacanis (born November 28, 1970) is an American Internet entrepreneur, angel investor, author and podcaster.
His first company was part of the dot-com era in New York. His second venture, Weblogs, Inc., a publishing company tha ...
.
Karol Martesko-Fenster
Karol Martesko-Fenster is an American media executive.
Career
Martesko-Fenster is the founder and chief content officer of Thought Engine Partners and the chief operating officer of specialized theatrical film distributor and global rights manage ...
collaborated with Jason Calacanis and Gordon Gould from 1997 to 1999 on the launch of ''Silicon Alley Reporter'' prior to joining Rising Tide Studios in April 1999. He served as President & Publisher until mid-2001.
The Silicon Alley Reporter 100, the list of the 100 most influential people in New York Technology, was published annually.
['']Salon
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''
"Who decides who's who in Silicon Alley?"
May 3, 2000
References
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* Ryan Naraine (October 8, 2001)
Silicon Alley Reporter Goes Under.via clickZ news.
* Rafat Ali (April 11, 2003)
via paidcontent.org
* Janelle Brown (March 3, 2000)
via Slate
* Greg Lindsay (March 28, 2007)
So What Do You Do, Rafat Ali?via MediaBistro
* ContentNext Medi
ContentNext Media homepage* Amy Harmon (October 8, 2001
New York Times
* Ben Popper (March 18, 2011
The Silicon Alley Reporter 100: 10 Years Later, Where Are They Now?BetaBeat
* Mary Huhn (April 18, 1999
Silicon Alley Reporter Being Courted by the BigsNew York Post
* Jennifer Rewick (February 29, 2000
Silicon Alley Reporter Seeks Some Silicon Alley InvestorsWall Street Journal
Business magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1996
Professional and trade magazines