Topic summary
Chinwag
DMY Chinwag is an Internet community based in Soho, London, United Kingdom, consisting of new media and digital marketing professionals.
Chinwag was founded in 1996, by , and hosts several of the UK's oldest known electronic mailing lists, including uk-netmarketing. These email lists form the center of the community and include contributions from many notable Internet pioneers and commentators including Bill Thompson, Ivan Pope and Brent Hoberman.
A sister site, Chinwag Jobs, was launched based on Chinwag's uknm-jobs e-mail list, an email-based announcement service for jobs within the Internet and digital media industries. Chinwag Jobs is a recruitment website, about which discussions have appeared in New Media Age.
Chinwag also hosts monthly events under the brand Chinwag Live. These events are informal, panel-based sessions focusing on issues affecting the new media industry. Past speakers include Andrew Orlowski of The Register and . Chinwag is also known for its periodic, large-scale networking evenings.
The company also a series of trade missions for UK Trade & Investment, specifically design for companies operating in the digital sector. Digital Missions to date are: