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Publishing veterans form new media company.


Computer publishing veterans Fred Davis Fred Davis, or Frederick Davis may refer to:

In sports:
  • Fred Davis (snooker player), English billiards and snooker champion
  • Fred Davis (footballer), English football (soccer) player
, David Bunnell David Bunnell is a media entrepreneur and technology pioneer who was involved in the earliest days of personal computing revolution and industry.

In 1973, he got a job as a technical writer at a small electronics company called MITS in Albuquerque, New Mexico, paying US$110
 and Michael Tchong are among those who have formed a new media company with the purchase of Prosumer (PROfessional conSUMER) A person who is very knowledgeable about a subject and likes to purchase high-quality equipment. For example, many digital cameras fall into the prosumer category. .tv and related e-mail newsletter and Web site by Consumertronics Media (San Franscisco, CA), the "digital lifestyle media company." The new company, Prosumer Media Corp., will create "a family of synergistic synergistic /syn·er·gis·tic/ (sin?er-jis´tik)
1. acting together.

2. enhancing the effect of another force or agent.


syn·er·gis·tic
adj.
1.
 media properties" for consumer and business "tech enthusiasts."

The company said its mission is to focus on the "rapidly emerging digital lifestyle market," including consumer electronics, computing, communications and entertainment. It believes that use is shifting away from computers and towards personal technology. The company will be comprised of two main divisions, consumer and business, and will consist of four main media components, including Magazine, Web, Exposition and TV operations.
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Title Annotation:Fred Davis, David Bunnell, Michael Tchong; Prosumer Media Corp.
Comment:Publishing veterans form new media company.(Fred Davis, David Bunnell, Michael Tchong; Prosumer Media Corp.)
Publication:Business Publisher
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 28, 2002
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