Media Life

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Media Life
Categories Mass media
First issueMay 1999
Final issueMarch 2017
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Website medialifemagazine.com

Media Life Magazine was an online publication that was started in May 1999 [1] by Gene Ely. [2] [3] The publication covered all aspects of the media. The magazine ceased publication in late March 2017. [4]

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References

  1. Media Life Magazine - A Profitable, Ad-Supported Content Site, MarketingSherpa, 14 December 2001 (Retrieved 3 August 2010)
  2. Avoiding the Fall From Grace: MediaLife dodges horizontal hazards that sank Inside.com by pursuing vertical niche, G. Beato, Online Journalism Review, USC Annenberg, 16 June 2001 (Retrieved 3 August 2010)
  3. "Media Life Magazine - A Profitable, Ad-Supported Content Site". Marketing Sherpa. 14 December 2001. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  4. Keith J. Kelly. "Digital trailblazer Media Life Magazine is closing down". New York Post. Retrieved 2 April 2017.