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Online Dictionary Site Wordnik Gets $3.7 Million Funding

Jul 8, 2009 2:21 PM

Wordnik, the online dictionary site which has been under some controversy due to this NYT story last weekend about its P.R. strategy, has raised $3.7 million in funding, according to an SEC filing just filed. The site, based in Chicago and started by Erin McKean, former editor in chief for…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, baseline ventures, roger mcnamee, wordnik

FOBM Video: Q&A: Transforming The Business Media Brand-Forbes: Jim Spanfeller, Roger McNamee

Nov 21, 2007 9:54 PM

One year after Forbes sold a significant minority stake to Elevation Partners, we opened the Future of Business Media Conference at the Waldorf=Astoria in NYC late last month discussing the issues that have confronted the website as it sought to differentiate itself from its print counterpart and the larger competitive…

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Posted In: , forbes, jim spanfeller, roger mcnamee

@ FOBM: Amid Consolidation, Forbes.com Looks To Further Define Itself Against Its Print Version

Oct 30, 2007 7:01 AM

One year after Forbes sold a significant minority stake to Elevation Partners, Rafat Ali, ContentNext’s publisher and editor, opened the Future of Business Media Conference at the Walforf=Astoria in NYC discussing the issues that have confronted the website as it sought to differentiate itself from its print counterpart and the…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Acacia, contentnext media, elevation partners, forbes, jim spanfeller, rafat ali, roger mcnamee

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