NEW YORK – June 3, 2008 - Magnify.net launched today a new blog - and will deploy its crack team of blogger/explorers to a number of major events at Internet Week to ask The Big Apple Question!

Check out the Blog here:    www.InternetWeek.tv

The Big Apple Questions for the week are:

Tuesday (June 3)

Question: Women on the Web:  Given the way racy behavior is recognized and praised within traditional media, is there pressure on women in tech     to use sex appeal           to their advantage?

7:30 AM – 10:00 AM: NY:MIEG Breakfast
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM: Columbia Business School - New Media Panel
6:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Startup Mixer

Wednesday (June 4)

Wednesday, June 04 / 6 PM – 7:30 PM, Forum on Online Political Participation
    --> Question:  How has social media affected this election season?  What political candidate has most effectively used social media tools to his or her     advantage?

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Time Warner’s Conversations on the Circle: News & Politics
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Forum on Political Participation Online
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: ContentNext Mixer at IAC
8:30 PM – 11:00 PM: Thrillist Party at Hiro Ballroom

Thursday (June 5)
Thursday, June 05 / 11:30 AM – 5 PM, Digital Content NewFront
    --> Question:  What traditional media platform (film, tv, radio, print) is most threatened by new media?

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM: TimeWarner’s Conversation on the Circle: Entertainment Culture
11:30 AM – 5:00 PM: Digital Content NewFront
6:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Media Meshing

Friday (June 6)
    --> Question: What were this year's biggest startups? Biggest events?  Biggest controversies?
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Mashable Exhibit Hall

The blog is built on WordPress and utilizes the Magnify.net Publisher to capture webcam responses from event attendees.

The Publisher platform was launched just two weeks ago and already there have been a number of major enhancements.  Publisher now supports WordPress 2.0 installations, has had a new (simplified) installation procedure and supports MovableType as well. In addition, the Publisher image search function now searches Yahoo Images as well as Flickr images. 

Finally, in honor of Internet week - Magnify will introduce our new Mascot at the Mashable Exhibit Hall at Touch (Friday 6 - 10pm).  We're looking for a name for him/her, so if you've got an opinion - come seek out the Magnify.net mascot (and suggest a name while you're at it). 
 
We're looking forward to seeing you all at Internet Week!
 
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Alison McNeill
FutureWorks PR
Alison (AT) future-works.com