The CM Summit is right around the corner and the speaker list is shaping up nicely. Early bird pricing expires May 2, so get those tickets while they’re hot. Thanks to our initial sponsors including Dell, Intel, Verizon, American Express OPEN, About.com and Campfire Media. See here for the official press release.
The confirmed speaker list now includes:
- John Battelle, Chairman & CEO, Federated Media
- Jeff Berman, President of Sales and Marketing, MySpace
- Henry M. Blodget, CEO, Silicon Alley Media
- Jonah Bloom, Editor, Advertising Age
- Beth Comstock, Chief Marketing Officer, General Electric
- Matt Freeman, CEO, Tribal DDB Worldwide
- Louis Giagrande, Senior Online Marketing Manager, Samsung Electronics America
- Darren Herman, Group Director of Digital Media, Media Kitchen
- Michael Hoefflinger, GM – Partner Marketing, Intel
- Mark Kantor, Co-founder, Graffiti
- Jason Kilar, CEO, Hulu
- Clark Kokich, CEO, Avenue A | Razorfish
- James M. Lamberti, Senior Vice President, Search and Technology, comScore
- Andy Lark, VP–Global Marketing & Communications, Dell
- Andrew Markowitz, Director, Digital Marketing & Media, Kraft Foods Inc.
- Daina Middleton, SVP of Sunao, Moxie Interactive
- Wenda Harris Millard, President, Media, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia & IAB
- Eileen Naughton, Director of Media Platforms, Google
- Martin A. Nisenholtz, SVP – Digital Operations, The New York Times Company
- Michael Osborne, Vice President of Sales, Bazaarvoice
- Chrysi Philalithes, Launch Managing Director, Steak Media
- Jon Raj, Chief Digital Officer, OMD
- Randall Rothenberg, President & CEO, IAB
- Ian Schafer, CEO, Deep Focus
- Joanna Shields, President, Bebo
- Rich Silverstein, Co-Chairman, Goodby Silverstein & Partners
- Debra Aho Williamson, Senior Analyst, eMarketer

FM hosted a get-together last night at South Park Cafe as part of the Web 2.0 Expo pub crawl. Conference attendees stopped in to mingle over drinks and appetizers. Some of our fabulous publishers were in attendance including the teams from Graffiti, MoCo Loco, Ubergizmo and NOTCOT. In the last picture below, you can see the marketing team gaudily proudly flying the FM colors.

Kate Juillerat comes to FM from New York City where she lived for the past four years after graduating from the University of Arizona with a degree in Journalism. Before joining the FM team Kate worked at CNet Networks as an Account Executive. Prior to her experience at CNet Networks Kate worked for People Magazine in Print Advertising Sales. She is excited to become part of the San Francisco based FM team to help grow the Southwest Territory as well as return to her Bay Area roots! In her spare time Kate loves to travel, play golf, read, attend concerts, and spend time with family and friends. Welcome to FM, Kate!

Yes, FM has received a substantial minority investment from Oak Investment Partners and is very happy to have Fred Harman joining the board. Rest assured, we’re going to keep doing what we do best as we expand our services and create even more value for marketers and FM family members.
See here for the press release.
For coverage, see here, here, here, here, here and here.

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Of course we know FM rocks, but a little industry validation never hurts. The Webby Awards recognized 14 FM family members as honorees and nominees in a diverse range of award categories including blogs, social networks, websites and many more. Be sure to go and vote for your favorites here. Way to go team!

FM Honorees
Blog – Personal/Cultural: Boing Boing Gadgets, Destructoid, We Make Money Not Art
Personal Website: Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
Best Practices: Ask a Ninja
Best Visual Design: Ask a Ninja
Community: Fark
Electronics: Ubergizmo
Food and Beverage: Start Cooking
Games-Related: Destructoid
IT Hardware/Software: Ars Technica
Self Pomotion/Portfolio: Behance Network
Services: Ask a Ninja
Social Networking: Behance Network
Travel: TravBuddy and OpenRoad.tv
FM Nominees
Best Practices: Digg
Blog – Business: 5 Blogs Before Lunch
Blog – Personal: Laughing Squid
Magazine: Makezine