paidContent NYC bash: No bubble, good new media business!

Rafat Ali strikes again in NYC! A winter encore to his first NYC event in the summer, Ali’s paidContent “mixer” formula “mixed-up” the right amount of party, business and content in the heart of Manhattan last night.

I arrived at the the TNewYork lounge for the scheduled start-time of 6pm, the new media crowds were already streaming in, big time. 

Jeff Jarvis was also a punctual arrival, bravely partying on, despite his “bubble” party fears of last June (see “paidContent's 'blowout' NYC mixer: Internet bubble redux, or new rational entrepreneurship?”)

Last June, party “content” was in the form of a Q & A with The New York Times’ Arthur Suzlberger (see "The New York Times Company has the 'dough' online"), last night the promised party “content” was in the form of Gordon Crovitz, DowJones (see “Crovitz on WSJ: 80-20 editorial rule in 2007”).

Photo by Donna Bogatin

What about the party? Hundreds of enthusiastic New Yorkers jam-packed themselves into the TNewYork lounge to drink, eat and feast on talk of doing better new media business together.

Photo by Donna Bogatin

Who was there? 

Here are just some of the “old media” companies doing “new media” business: Publishers Weekly, NBC Universal, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia…

Here are just some of the Internet start-ups doing “new media” business: Takkle, SPtv, The Daily Reel…

Here is one corporate sponsor doing "new media" business: IBM Media & Entertainment.

How about the hospitality? CHEERS!

Photo by Donna Bogatin