Categories: OLD Media Moves

Fast Company launches Web network

Fast Company magazine announced Wednesday that it is launching an Internet video network that will include coverage of technology trends, interviews with executives and business people, reviews of the latest technology products, and lifestyle programming.Â

Robert Scoble, one of the most popular technology bloggers, will serve as managing director of the site, which is slated to launch in March.

Scobleâ€™s daily video series, ScobleTV, will be featured on FastCompany.TV. Scobleâ€™s current video show receives aboutÂ 1 million views a month. Scoble is highly regarded for his coverage of emerging technology trends from both startups and established tech companies, especially in the Web 2.0 and social media space.

Scoble will also bring his popular blog, Scobleizer.com, to the Mansueto Digital network of sites, which includes FastCompany.com, Inc.com, IncBizNet.com and IncTechnology.com.

“I decided to join up with Fast Company because I wanted to work with a brand well known for covering innovation and technology in an authoritative, provocative manner,” said Scoble in a statement. “And Iâ€™m excited that the Mansueto Digital websites are going to be innovating in the social media space themselves.”

FastCompany.TV will debut several programsÂ during the course of 2008 featuring Scoble and other well-known personalities.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.