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This week Quantcast ranked Zimbio as one of the 100 most popular websites in the United States.  Quantcast is an Internet audience tracking service that ranks websites based on the number of unique people who have visited each domain in the last 30 days. As of today we're ranked #98.  You can check out Quantcast's latest report on Zimbio here . We're working hard to add more great content every day, and are constantly striving to improve the site.  Hopefully that hard work will continue to pay off and we'll keep climbing in the ranks. Cheers, Tony Read Full Story

Zimbio, the interactive magazine publisher, has been named a winner in this year's Red Herring 100 awards , a prestigious list honoring the year's most promising private technology companies in North America. Selected from a pool of over 1,200 entries, 100 top companies were chosen based on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, including financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy and integration into their respective industries. Recent Zimbio Press Zimbio named one of the 100 most popular websites in the US Introducing "Zimbio TV" Nielsen names Zimbio among fastest growing sites "It's an honor to be recognized for both innovation and ... Read Full Story

Zimbio has been named as a finalist by RedHerring for their " Red Herring 100 North America " award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures in North America. The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of 1, 200 based on criteria such as technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and impact on the industry.   The final winners will be named at the Red Herring Conference in San Diego next month.  We've got our fingers crossed... Read Full Story

Now you can watch Jon Stewart on Zimbio! We just launched a new " TV " tab on Zimbio.  You can now watch videos from popular TV shows ranging from The Colbert Report to Access Hollywood .  The section is still under development, so expect to see more shows and full episodes soon.  Give it a try and drop us a note (support at zimbio.com), we'd appreciate your feedback and ideas. Cheers, The Zimbio Team Read Full Story

Michelle McGiboney at Nielsen Online named Zimbio as one of the fastest growing community destinations for February 2009.  It's always nice to be in good company... with Twitter , Facebook , Multiply , and Wikia . Hats off to Twitter...wow. Here's the link to Michelle's post . Read Full Story

It's never easy to pull the plug on features we've spent many long hours planning, developing, and maintaining. Ultimately, though, your engagement and your feedback are what matter most, and we'd rather spend our time enhancing the features and experiences we know you love rather than trying to keep alive features we wish could become more useful, but haven't gotten much traction to date. Maintaining proper focus is an important priority for any team, and that's what we're trying to do. This week we will be retiring a number of small features. The list of this week's revisions can be found here . We ... Read Full Story

SILICON VALLEY, CA -- December 19, 2008 -- When David Bowie started wearing white suits again, the fashion world took notice and white suits hit the runways in Milan seemingly overnight. When Janie Bryant , award-winning costume designer, so stylishly decked out the cast of HBO's Deadwood , it inspired Vera Wang 's 2006 spring line ( Michael Kors and Prada also cite Bryant's work on Mad Men as influence for their 2008 fall collection and resort line, respectively). And you can almost trace the moment the grunge movement hit full stride to the debut of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video on MTV ... Read Full Story

You can now surf Zimbio on your Skyfire-enabled phone. The folks at Skyfire were kind enough to give Zimbio a test drive to make sure that all of our content and features are accessible through their mobile browser. Everything is A-OK! Skyfire is a free downloadable browser that currently runs on Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms. To give it a try, you'll need a Windows Mobile (5 or 6), or a Nokia N or E Series S60 (3rd Edition) phone. You also need to be in either the USA or Canada. Plans are underway to bring Skyfire to more platforms and geographies. How to ... Read Full Story

More than 10 million unique people came to check out Zimbio.com in September 2008 (according to Google Analytics) . Ten million. Wow. That's A LOT of people and a big milestone for the company. Many thanks to our contributors, staff, and partners for making Zimbio what it is today. Zimbio now ranks as one of the 200 most popular websites in the United States. According to Quantcast . Zimbio is an interactive magazine that covers topics in popular culture, including entertainment, style, sports, and current events. We offer a unique blend of professionally written featured stories, user contributed articles, and high resolution photography. Some ... Read Full Story

Zimbio now reaches an even wider audience. According to Google Analytics, over 6,000,000 unique visitors came to Zimbio in July 2008. In July, some of the most popular stories included the Cynthia Rodriguez vs A-Rod battle, Dara Torres qualifying for the Olympics, and comparisons of celebrity hairstyles . August is already off to a great start with a lot of interest in the John Edwards story , the mysterious " Monster of Montauk ", and of course the 2008 Summer Olympics . Cheers, Tony and the Zimbio Team Read Full Story