Creative COW

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Creative COW
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Predecessor(s) Media 100 Worldwide Users Group
Created byKathlyn and Ron Lindeboom
URL creativecow.net
Launched11 April 2001;23 years ago (2001-04-11) [1]
Current statusactive

Creative COW is a website of support communities for digital video, video editing, and media production professionals in broadcasting, motion graphics, visual effects and film.

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It provides over 60 online support discussion forums spanning a wide range of professional video tools and software. [2]

Additionally, Creative Cow offers over 1,000 free text and video tutorials, [3] [4] has nearly two dozen different podcasts,[ citation needed ] as well as other resources for video professionals. Creative COW is funded by advertising and sponsorship from manufacturers.[ citation needed ]

COW is a backronym for "Communities of the World". [5]

History

Creative COW was founded in April 2001 by Kathlyn and Ron Lindeboom, [6] a married couple. [7]

The website evolved from the couple's earlier Media 100 Worldwide Users Group (WWUG), [5] which began in 1995, and was sold to Digital Media Net in January 2000. [7]

After the sale of WWUG, the Lindebooms decided to create another website. Initially, Kathlyn Lindeboom was Creative COW's director and chief officer, while Ron shifted roles from a developer to operations. In late 2002, Ron took over as the company's CEO, while Kathlyn shifted to operations and Human Resources. [7] [8]

Over the years, Creative COW grew to be one of the largest and longest-running online communities for multimedia professionals. As of 2021, 71% of the site's visitors (5.3 million annual visitors) were Gen Z and Millennials, while 25% (1.9 million annual visitors) were mid-career professionals. [9]

In 2022, Creative COW LLC was dissolved [10] and Creative COW's trademarks, assets, and intellectual property were reassigned from Ronald Lindeboom to Brielyn Clayton. [11] The Creative COW website and forums are still in operation. [2]

Creative COW Magazine

In 2006 Creative COW launched a quarterly trade magazine, the Creative COW Magazine, [12] which grew in 2008 to become a bimonthly, and in 2011 was cited by a trade journal which reports on issues and trends related to the magazine printing trade, who named Creative COW Magazine as one of the FOLIO: 40 for 2011. [13] [14] [15]

The magazine was discontinued by 2013. [16] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Creative COW. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Creative Communities of the World Forums". Creative COW. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Category: Tutorials". Creative COW. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Creative COW". YouTube. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 "The History of Creative COW". Creative COW. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Kathlyn's Welcome". Creative COW. Archived from the original on 18 April 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 Lindeboom, Kathlyn. "A Bit of History of CreativeCOW.net". Creative COW. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "COW Administrative Team". Creative COW. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  9. ↑ Video, Film & Audio Creative Community. Let us Help you Share your Story - CreativeCow.net (Webcast). Shoots Video. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Recent filings for CREATIVE COW LLC". OpenCorporates . Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Ronald Lindeboom". LinkedIn . Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  12. ↑ Lindeboom, Ron. "Recalling our First Five Years in Print". Creative COW. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "The 2011 FOLIO: 40". Folio . 20 April 2011. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  14. ↑ CreativeCOW to debut magazine in time for NAB 2006, FreshDV, archived from the original on 25 October 2011, retrieved 21 December 2010
  15. ↑ Mitchell, Brian (25 June 2007). "Creative COW Magazine Bucks Print Trend With Strong First Year Sales and Circulation Growth". ecoustics.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "HP Special Edition: New Dimensions in Productivity Issue : Creative COW Magazine". Creative COW. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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