Based in California with a New York sales office,
natural E creative group is a diversified media company with properties in
print, broadcast, interactive and licensed goods. natural E creative
publishes the book and Internet presence for "Be The Media." David Mathison
has been Chairman and CEO since 2002.
David Mathison is an
internationally recognized media consultant, speaker, publisher, and hi-tech
entrepreneur with more than 20 years experience in
content distribution. Some of the world's
largest - and smallest - publishers use his solutions to
directly connect with massive audiences for maximum
exposure. His legacy provides global citizens with free news, financial data,
audio and video information on the web's most popular sites.
BE THE MEDIA is an
extension of Mathison's award-winning work in eliminating inefficiencies in
publishing, providing all participants with more egalitarian, democratic and
open systems. The book is the result of a decentralized, collaborative effort by
some of today's leading media activists, educators and experts. BE THE MEDIA
offers solid, practical and proven techniques that show artists how to
inexpensively create and widely distribute their content. Mathison has been interviewed by Dow Jones, Reuters,
Publish, Upside and EContent, among many others. Mathison's
initiatives have covered by leading
analysts
including Forrester Research, JupiterMedia, Yankee Group, Giga
Group, META Group, Delphi, Gartner Group,
Patricia Seybold Group,
IDC, Outsell and the UK-based firms Ovum, NetImperatives
and Bloor Research, among others.
Articles on Mathison have appeared on CNN.com, in the Financial
Times,
the Harvard Business Review, Esther Dyson's Release 1.0, Fortune,
Upside, The New York Times, Computer Letter, the Seybold
Report, Demo Letter, CNet, Red Herring, MacWorld,
Internet Week, InfoWorld, Computer World, Interactive Week,
Information Week, Newspapers and Technology and XML.com, among many
others. He was invited by Inc. Magazine to join a panel of CEOs to
evaluate barter sites.
As
speaker,
panelist, moderator or chairman, Mathison has presented at conferences
across all segments of the media, such as Digital Hollywood, Book Tech,
Streaming Media, Seybold Publishing, Internet World, and
Internet Outlook, among many others. In July 2004 he was Chairman of
Publicity for "Declarations of Media Independence" conference. Internationally, he has appeared at
UK Online, the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Cairo Book Fair, and
he made presentations entirely in Spanish to librarians throughout Central and
South America.
Mathison serves on the
following boards:
Board of Conveners:
Marin Community Media Center. The board co-wrote the by-laws and selected
the founding Board of Directors for Marin's new non-profit community media
center.
Board of Directors: The
Mountain Play Association. Mill Valley, California.
Board of Directors: Webhood.org,
a non-profit entity whose mission is to
break down income related barriers to computer education for underprivileged and
at-risk youth.
Advisory Board: StyleMob.com,
an online community for fashion inspiration. Bought by Glam (12/07)
Advisory Board: Media and
Technology, San Francisco Dragons, a Major League Lacrosse team.
Mathison
holds a B.A. from the
State University of New York, and a Masters degree in International
Business with a focus in East Asian studies from Columbia University'sSchool of
International and Public Affairs.
Kinecta Corporation(1998 - 2001)
Chairman and CEO.
Kinecta enables large publishers to manage robust content relationships.
Dubbed
a "Napster for Adults,"Kinecta won awards from
Seybold Publishing, ComputerWorld
and Crossroads.
Kinecta was acquired by Stellent Inc,
a provider of enterprise content management solutions with over 4,400 customers,
including much of the Global 2000.
In
November 2006, Stellent was acquired by Oracle
for $440 million.
Some of the world's most trusted and
respected publishers used the Kinecta syndication platform:
Reuters, Ltd(1994 - 1999)Vice President, Syndication. Mathison created numerous products that
enabled Reuters' to pioneer the business model of content
syndication on the internet.
Mathison's products allowed millions of global internet
users to view free financial data, news, photos, audio, video and multimedia
content.
Giving the general public free and direct access to critical
breaking news makes them better informed citizens and decision-makers.
Reuters is the world's largest international news and
television agency with journalists, photographers and camera operators in 216
news bureaus.
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Awards: ComputerWorld Magazine
"Top 100 Emerging Companies to Watch,
2001” "Kinecta
was selected for providing innovative technology and solutions that streamline
content delivery, allowing companies to bypass the use of an intermediary."
"Kinecta's content distribution infrastructure reduces the cost of doing
business online and increases the value of business relationships by automating
the distribution and management of information and content between networked
partners and affiliates."
Crossroads“A-List"Award
(2001)
"Content
syndication is a proven application within the media and publishing industries
and is rapidly being adopted as a foundation for business-to-business commerce
and collaboration," said Nina G. Lytton, editor of the Crossroads A-List Awards.
"Kinecta Interact helps companies tighten their relationships with
partners and gives IT managers the opportunity to standardize previously
undisciplined processes for which they were held accountable."
Seybold
Report on Internet Publishing “Hot
Pick” (2000)
The Seybold Hot Picks spotlight
exceptional products and technologies that are particularly relevant to
professional publishing.
"Content syndication is becoming an important topic for many publishers. Any
publisher interested in broadening the availability of its content should take a
look at Kinecta Interact," said Patricia Evans, managing editor, Seybold
Publications.
BE
THE MEDIA!
How to Create and Accelerate Your Message...Your Way
Compiled by
David Mathison (Natural E Creative, 2008)
Forewords by Kevin Kelly and Douglas Rushkoff
The goal of BE THE MEDIA is to promote positive social change by enabling people-powered,
community-based, participatory media.
The book helps independent artists create and distribute content without selling
their royalties, rights or souls in the process.
The book will be published in
2008.
"Killer
Content" by Mai-lan
Thomsen (Addison Wesley; 2000)
From Foreword by David Mathison:
"The worlds of content, commerce and advertising on the Internet are colliding
and intersecting, unlocking tremendous new opportunities and revenue streams.
The merchandising of content allows publishers to turn content into a product
that can be cataloged, inventoried and sold. Content providers that understand
and leverage this fundamental shift can merchandize and syndicate their digital
assets to take advantage of new pricing, advertising, and distribution models.
These new models unlock powerful and diversified revenue streams on the Internet
that were previously unimaginable"
"Inside
Secrets to Venture Capital"by Brian E Hill
and Dee Power (Wiley; 2001) Excerpts from Mathison's quotes:
"What do the VCs contribute to your company?" "Insight, advice, contacts, experience, and, of course, capital." "What surprised you about
working with VCs?" "The ecosystem of the VC community and where each particular VC fits in. An
entrepreneur needs to know a VCs investment portfolio criteria, what stage
company they invest in, and what percentage stake they prefer."
"XML
Handbook"by
Brian Goldfarb (Prentice Hall)
XML Handbook, 4.0; Fourth Edition (2001)
XML Handbook, 3.0; Third Edition (2000)
Kinecta was quoted in the third and fourth editions, and contributed
a chapter on the implementation of ICE (Information Content and Exchange) in the
third edition.
Interviewed on Monday September 8,
2008 by NPR affiliate Jefferson Public Radio on the Jefferson Exchange Program.
Interviewed on Thursday August 28,
2008 by Pam Perry of Ministry Marketing Solutions.
David Mathison was interviewed by Alex
Mandossian. (0ctober 16, 2007) Some of the world’s largest - and smallest - publishers use his solutions to
directly connect with massive audiences for maximum exposure. His legacy
provides global citizens with free news, financial data, audio and video
information on the web’s most popular sites.
During this 1-hour Virtual Book Tour, David
reveals the story behind his latest book,
Be The
Media. The book’s promise is: “How To Create and Accelerate Your
Message Your Way”.
This interview with BE THE MEDIA publisher David
Mathison compares today's digital media renaissance with previous pivotal
periods in human history such as the Axial Age (800-200 BC), the
Carolingian Renaissance (800-900 AD), and the European Renaissance
(1400-1700 AD).
Julie
Motz - Force and Feeling (September 4, 2007)
Author, healer, and KWMR radio host of Force and Feeling Julie Motz
interviews David Mathison about his book, BE THE MEDIA, and his community media
activism.
A transcript will be available
soon.
The
Tony Trupiano Show (April 12, 2005) Tony Trupiano, host of The Tony Show, interviews David
Mathison about his upcoming book, BE THE MEDIA. They discuss how independents
and progressives can be successful without selling their souls to corporate media.
Mr. Trupiano was a Democratic candidate for
Congress in 2006.
The
Ronn Owens Show (January 12, 2005)
KGO radio host and Voice of Reason author Ronn Owens
interviews David Mathison about FCC Chairman Michael Powell. Ronn's interview with Michael Powell
was interrupted towards the end by surprise caller Howard Stern.
The original
audio broadcast interview of Michael Powell by Ronn Owens, interrupted at the
end by surprise caller Howard Stern (plus transcript!), is available on the
BE THE MEDIA
blog.
David Mathison's BE THE MEDIA was mentioned by blogger steve Garfield.
Steve was nice enough to hold up BE THE MEDIA
in his videoblog post. It is an honor to be mentioned in the same clip with my
heroes David Meerman Scott and Robert Scoble! I also met the CEO of Blurb
(Eileen Gittens) at a Keiretsu Forum dinner in Marin a few years ago, when Blurb
was starting out. She did a great job with the company.
KMVT
Mountain View (October 4, 2007)
Mel Van Deusen interviews author and publisher David Mathison about his book, BE
THE MEDIA. Video will be available soon.
CBS
KPIX-5, San Francisco (September 27, 2007)
David Mathison was moderator of the California State Senate forum, featuring
incumbent State Senator Carole Migden and candidates Assemblyman Mark Leno and
SF Police Commissioner Joe Alioto Veronese. The event was covered by CBS-5 KPIX
reporter Manuel Ramos.
Be
The Media - Community Media Panel Series
(September 6, 2007)
David Mathison hosted a panel on Community Media with guests Larry Bragman,
Mayor of Fairfax, CA and member of the Marin Telecommunications Agency; Julie
Akins, Executive Director of Petaluma Community Access; Attorney Peter Franck,
Chairman of Media Action Marin; and Flor Emert, Director of the Marin Community
Media Center.
The panel explored the benefits of
community media, and the opportunities for continued operational funding of
Marin's new facility.
The
Marin Report (February, 2005)
Curtis Kim of the multiple award-winning Marin Report interviews
author and publisher David Mathison.
The interview discusses Mathison's upcoming
book, BE THE MEDIA.
KGO-TV's
Business Now (February,
2001)
Stephanie Abrams interviews Kinecta
Corporation Chairman and CEO David Mathison.
This interview focuses on the
importance of syndication to both traditional and online businesses.
Writer's Digest
(November 2008) Be
The Media
is featured in the November/December issue of Writers Digest, the Brave New World of Publishing. An
excerpt from BE THE MEDIA’s Podcast chapter was included. We took out an
advertisement in the magazine this month, our first in what we hope to be a long
and fruitful relationship.
The Nov/Dec issue includes an interview with best-selling thriller novelist Brad
Thor, and features Wired editor
and Long Tail author Chris
Anderson.Writer’s
Digest
has chronicled the culture of the modern writer since 1920. Their magazine and
website include relevant first-person essays, interviews with bestselling
authors and profiles with emerging talent. According to their website, “Writer’s
Digest features practical
technique articles, and tips and exercises on fiction, nonfiction, poetry and
the business-side of writing and publishing.” Writers Digest has 110,000 magazine
subscribers and their website has 100,000 average unique visitors/month,
representing the largest community of published and aspiring fiction, poetry,
screenplay and non-fiction writers.
Democracy
Now! (April 2007)
Be The Media is featured as a success story for Democracy Now!
"A chapter in the book describes how a lecture given by Amy Goodman inspired
Marin County, CA media activists to have Democracy Now! broadcast on the local
public access station. By mobilizing community support, they won the right to a
community media center with local public access channels, and a $2.5 million
grant from Comcast."
San
Francisco Bay Guardian (April 2006)
In SF Bay Guardian's "Free the press" issue,
Be The Media is featured as
a group helping to reform San Francisco Bay media, along with Media Action
Marin, Media-Alliance, and the Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME).
EContent
Magazine's Guide to the Content Companies to Watch (2002)
The article mentions the importance of Kinecta's patent-pending content
tracking technology, Content Metrics, developed by Kinecta co-founders
Arthur Do, Adam Souzis and David Mathison. Content Metrics
provides companies with usage statistics for their syndicated content on partner
sites. It can record click-throughs of URLs embedded in content, providing page
view and unique visitor data for designated content packages.
Pulse
Q & A with David Mathison (February 2001) In this Publish Magazine interview, David Mathison explores the
reasons for founding the Kinecta Corporation, which provides infrastructure that
streamlines the syndication process for global content providers such as
Fidelity, the Financial Times, the Economist and Reuters. It also looks at his
role as former vice president of global syndication for Reuters, where he built
products in the mid-1990's designed to deliver Reuters financial, text, audio,
video and multimedia content over the internet instead of costly satellite, FM
and terrestrial methods.
Do-It-Yourself
Syndication pg 1pg 2 (April
2001)
In this interview/profile, David Mathison discusses the importance of
using a syndication platform like Kinecta's because it provides a
direct connection between content providers and subscribers, as opposed to
an outsourced service with an intermediary in the middle. This is especially
true for publishers that wish to maintain full controlover their
content, brand and partnerships.
Knowledge
Management Magazine (February 22, 2001) David Mathison asserts that companies can fully realize the value of
their content by leveraging the syndication model - the simultaneous publication
of content to multiple outlets.
Syndication of content can strengthen alliances,
benefit partners, attract users,
increase market reach of a content provider's brand, reduce the costs of
acquiring new customers and generate incremental revenue through subscription
fees or advertising revenue share.
An
Interview with David Mathison of Kinecta (January 29, 2001)
From this interview with David Mathison: "Syndication technology plays a
key role in the content distribution process, and it is an essential tool for
the materialization of any business model based on online content...Kinecta
has been the among the very first companies to enter this space. David
Mathison, founder and CEO, has been around a long time..."
Tech
Companies See the Importance of Collaboration (January 11, 2001)
In this interview with Upside, David Mathison discusses how painful it
was to distribute digital assets in the early 1990's, since all the big players
- AOL, CompuServe, Prodigy, etc. - had proprietary online systems. To deliver
content, one had to write in the Blackbird format to deliver to Microsoft, or
Rainman to get into AOL. The environment was a heterogeneous mess, therefore
only large publishers could leverage the syndication model.
Interactive Week (November 13, 2000)
"Realizing the Value of Online Content." In this article David Mathison
wrote for Ziff Davis, he
discusses syndicated distribution and exchange with other companies to mutual
advantage.
Article
and interview archive: Here are more articles
and interviews with David Mathison. Here is a detailed list of
articles related to David Mathison, his products, companies, and work.
The
Tony Trupiano Show
The
Ronn Owens Show
KMVT
Mountain View (October 4, 2007)
CBS
KPIX-5, San Francisco
Be
The Media - Community Media Panel Series
