Danni Ashe, The World's Most Downloaded Woman, Sets The Record Straight On Latest Challenge; Asks The Public To Weigh In On Whom They Would Rather Download.News/Entertainment/Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is on Business Wire's Web site at www.businesswire.com and on AP Photo Archive's TOPIC GALLERY at archivepix.ap.org LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 26, 2001 Danni Ashe, the world's Most Downloaded Woman and the only person in history to have been downloaded over a billion times, today spoke out on the recently announced Australian and British challenges to her Guinness World Record. Ms. Ashe is primarily known for her immensely popular Web site (danni.com) and has been officially recognized by both Guinness World Records, and Alexa Research, as the world's most popular online personality. Ashe was in Sydney, delivering the opening keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. at Internet World Australia, when she first heard news of her new competitors. "There's been a great deal of misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis and confusion I'd like to clear up for everyone's benefit. Guinness World Records is currently refusing to award new `download' titles due to their self confessed inability to measure Web site statistics. I've put them in touch with three highly respected independent third parties, but they don't seem ready to move forward in this area," said Ashe, responding to rumors that the Aug. 1 attempt on the title by Australian challenger Sarah Jane Sarah Jane can refer to: Models:
A BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. owned radio station in the U.K. is also making a lighthearted light·heart·ed adj. Not being burdened by trouble, worry, or care; happy and carefree. See Synonyms at glad1. light attempt to challenge Danni's record by promoting 72-year-old English actress Kathy Staff Kathy Staff (born Minnie Higginbottom on July 12, 1928), is a British actress born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. She is probably best known for her portrayal of Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine. as their contender (www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive). Ashe has decided to let the public decide who they'd most like to download, and has built a Web site that allows anyone to see all three women and cast a vote for their favorite (http://www.billiondownloadwoman.com/vote/). "Until Guinness World Records decides to get involved again, I will remain the official record holder. This vote is a chance for Americans, Britons and Australians to show Guinness that people care about the title and want their voice to be heard." About Danni Ashe Ashe is one of the preeminent female Internet CEOs and has been featured on the front page and covers of such American media institutions as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , The Industry Standard and eCompany Now, as well as in the pages of Time, U.S. News and World Report, Yahoo! Internet Life Yahoo! Internet Life was a monthly magazine published by Ziff-Davis, which licensed the name from Yahoo!, a well known search engine website. It was created and launched by Barry Golson, the former executive editor of Playboy and TV guide. , numerous other newspapers and magazines on television and radio. She has testified before Congressional committees regarding Internet issues and is a popular speaker worldwide on issues of streaming technology, marketing and convergence. Danni.com is a soft adult content entertainment site owned and operated by Danni Ashe. Created by Ashe herself in 1995 with $8,000 worth of computer equipment and a crash study in the HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. Manual of Style, the site and its creator have been the focus of numerous articles focusing on the fact that she and the popularity of her site provide one of the few Web-based business models for consistent growth and profitability. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.072601/ap1 |
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