Tag It Executives Discuss the Syndication Market with Content Wire

"de Fontenay Brothers" also named as one of the "Top 15 People You Should Know" by Indie-Music.com

New York, NY -- June 1, 2001 -- In an interview conducted by Paola Di Maio, Tag It's CEO, Eric de Fontenay, and COO, Sounni de Fontenay, discussed their ePublishing business model as well as the current state of the bilingual syndication market. Tag It is a leading online ePublishing and consulting firm in the entertainment & news media sectors. Titled, "The funky rhythm of content syndication," the interview was published on May 29th in Content Wire, an online news, strategy & service outlet for the content syndication market.
http://www.content-wire.com/Home/Index.cfm?ccs=86&cs=343

In the interview, Sounni de Fontenay described Tag It's vision. "...we have focused on converging the synergies between our publishing, syndication and consulting business, thus far largely kept separate. This convergence is what we are calling e-publishing and allows us to leverage our credibility as a media player, relationships and services under syndication and analytical resources through consulting."

"Syndicating content to a global audience, on the other hand, presents numerous challenges," followed Eric de Fontenay. "It should be noted that a good proportion of European sites have a significant amount of English content and are looking to expand this aggressively... this will always be true, especially for B2B content where the sites have every incentive to leverage the same content among largely English-speaking EU and US professionals."

The "de Fontenay Brothers" were also cited for their extensive involvement in the music industry by Indie-Music.com. Eric & Sounni de Fontenay were together named as one of "15 People You Should Know in The Biz" by Suzanne Glass, Indie-Music.com founder & president. Herself an industry-veteran, Suzanne Glass described the group of people as "15 people who are dedicated indies, who have good attitudes and ethics. Chosen by me, based on my personal experience of who has been helpful and memorable to me." Other music professionals cited in the top 15 list include Derek Sivers (CD Baby), Carolyn Ballen (Indie Music Forum) and Jenny Toomey (Coalition for the Future of Music), among others.

Eric de Fontenay has spent his career understanding and developing solutions for the emerging telecommunications and digital markets. He has worked on a wide range of issues including the development of e-marketplaces, impact of broadband and the evolving state of digital distribution and rights management. He was recently invited to give a keynote speech on P2P and its impact on digital marketplaces to the French Multimedia & E-Commerce Association (ACSEL) and the IDATE Foundation, a leading European research institute. His latest paper "The Digital Economy" was published in Communications & Strategies 10th Anniversary issue on the Net Economy.

As Chief Operating Officer & Publisher at Tag It, Sounni de Fontenay has focused his efforts on developing new business models for the digital marketplace in the publishing/syndication field. As Tag It's publisher, he has launched leading publications in the music field, including MusicDish, a digital music industry e-Journal, Mi2N, a music industry newswire, and 'LA'Ritmo.com, a Latin music magazine. As Editor-in-Chief of MusicDish, he has assembled a Who's Who of industry experts to provide an analytical understanding of the evolving sector to musicians, industry professionals and executives.

About Tag It
Tag It is a leading online infomediary and consultancy in the entertainment & news media sector. The company publishes award winning publications including MusicDish (www.musicdish.com); Mi2N (www.mi2n.com); and 'LA'Ritmo.com (www.laritmo.com). The company's research has been published and discussed in major industry forums such as the MP3 Summit, Harvard Law School, and ACSEL, the French multimedia & ecommerce association. Tag It and its executives have been featured in major media outlets such as the Washington Post, Wired.com, the NY Times, the Miami Herald and NPR's To The Point, among others.
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