Alterity Partners Advises The Smoking Gun on CourtTV Acquisition; Advisory Role Bolsters Alterity's Position as a Leading M & A Advisor for the Internet and Technology Sectors.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2001 Alterity Al`ter´i`ty n. 1. The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise. For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented. Partners (http://www.alteritypartners.com), the leading investment bank providing services to the technology and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the sectors, announced today that it has successfully advised The Smoking Gun on its acquisition by CourtTV. The Smoking Gun is the leading news service enabling access to actual legal documents obtained from government and law enforcement sources via the Freedom of Information Act through requests from court files nationwide. "We are pleased to have represented The Smoking Gun (http://www.thesmokinggun.com), in consummating this strategic partnership," said Phil Harris, Managing Director at Alterity Partners. "By aligning a·lign v. a·ligned, a·lign·ing, a·ligns v.tr. 1. To arrange in a line or so as to be parallel: align the tops of a row of pictures; aligned the car with the curb. the strengths of The Smoking Gun with those of CourtTV, the leading crime and justice network extends its brand and reach. The Smoking Gun has chosen an ideal partner to significantly bolster This article is about the pillow called a bolster. For other meanings of the word "bolster", see bolster (disambiguation). A bolster (etymology: Middle English, derived from Old English, and before that the Germanic word bulgstraz its presence through the Court TV Online network presence." "We are excited to join the CourtTV family," said William Bastone, Founder and President of The Smoking Gun. "The addition of CourtTV Online's large user base, significant traffic statistics, and unparalleled quality content for crime and justice information greatly enhances The Smoking Gun." "Thesmokinggun.com offers a wide range of distinctive additional crime and justice video, audio and text resources which will significantly complement the Court TV television experience," said Art Bell, Executive Vice President, Programming and Marketing, Court TV, About The Smoking Gun Named by Entertainment Weekly as one of the 30 "most entertaining URLs in the world," thesmokinggun.com offers visitors access to actual legal documents obtained from government and law enforcement sources via Freedom of Information requests and from court files nationwide. The site, which first came to widespread attention last year when it published the restraining order restraining order: see injunction. on Rick Rockwell, of "Who Wants To Marry A Multi-Millionaire," had a record 5 million page views in December. About CourtTV Court TV (http://www.courttv.com), a basic cable network, provides a window on the American system The term American System can mean one of the following:
About Alterity Partners Alterity Partners (http://www.alteritypartners.com) is the leading investment bank providing services to the technology and Internet sectors. Alterity has advised on mergers and acquisitions involving such firms as OnHealth Networks (NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). : ONHN), iVillage (NASD: IVIL) and Pets.com (NASD: IPET IPET Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (US DoD) IPET Institute of Professional Engineering Technologists IPET Interagency Performance Evaluation Team IPET Implicit Path Enumeration Technique IPET First Peter ). Alterity has managed private placements for firms such as MaterialNet (http://www.materialnet.com) and decoratetoday.com (http://www.decoratetoday.com). Alterity Partners is based in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and can be reached at 212-953-1999. |
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