Online Biz Pub Silicon Alley Insider Installs COO and Publisher

NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Alley Insider (SAI) (http://www.alleyinsider.com/), the business news and analysis site founded by former top-ranked Wall Street Internet analyst, Henry Blodget (http://www.alleyinsider.com/henry-blodget.html), and former DoubleClick CEO, Kevin P. Ryan (http://www.alleycorp.com/execs.jxp), today appointed industry veteran, Julie Hansen, chief operating officer and publisher.

Hansen brings to SAI extensive experience in all aspects of ad-supported online media. She joins the technology, media and communications-focused pub from CBS College Sports, where as senior vice president of its consumer interactive division she oversaw marquee properties like NCAA.com and launched social networking startup FansOnly.com. At SAI, Hansen will be called on to manage all business development, ad sales and sponsorship efforts.

"Julie has a proven track record building profitable digital businesses and creating unique opportunities for online marketers," said Henry Blodget, SAI's editor-in-chief and CEO. "Her experience will be invaluable to advertisers and sponsors as our readership continues to grow and we expand our coverage of industry sectors and geographies."

Before CBS, Hansen was first director of business development at GolfDigest.com then later became executive director of MagNet -- both part of publishing giant Conde Nast. Prior, the Yale grad and Columbia MBA served as GM and vice president of business development at Time Inc.'s Golf Magazine, where she built its industry-leading Golf.com property.

Earlier in her career Hansen was at Penguin Books where, over the span of eight years, she worked her way from an assistant in subsidiary rights to vice president and founder of its electronic publishing division.

SAI, one of the fastest growing business publications in the world, is owned by SAI Media, Inc. SAI Media is part of the AlleyCorp (http://www.alleycorp.com/) network of affiliated Internet companies.

About SAI

Silicon Alley Insider (SAI) is a business Web site that covers the intersection of the technology, media and communications industries. A community site, SAI provides news, commentary and discussion about digital publishing, entertainment, news, music, social networking, mobile and gaming. SAI's editorial team is led by former Wall Street securities analyst, Henry Blodget, and former Forbes technology writers, Peter Kafka and Dan Frommer. SAI was co-founded by former DoubleClick CEO, Kevin Ryan and CTO, Dwight Merriman. For advertising or general information please visit http://www.alleyinsider.com/. For career inquiries, please email resumes to jobs@alleyinsider.com.

About AlleyCorp

Headquartered in New York's Silicon Alley, AlleyCorp (http://www.alleycorp.com/) is a network of six affiliated Internet companies founded by Kevin P. Ryan and Dwight Merriman, the former CEO and CTO of DoubleClick, respectively. Current companies in the AlleyCorp network include: Alley Insider (http://www.alleyinsider.com/), an online business news and analysis site that provides news, commentary and discussion on the technology, media and communications industries; Gilt Groupe (http://www.gilt.com/), an invitation-only online community that offers members exclusive access to coveted fashion and luxury lifestyle sample sales, events and brands; Music Nation (http://www.musicnation.com/) an online music community that provides bands and musicians resources to better connect and interact with fans; Panther Express (http://www.pantherexpress.net/), a content delivery network that ensures rapid and reliable content loading performance to Internet site visitors worldwide; ShopWiki (http://www.shopwiki.com/), an international shopping search engine that provides advanced Web crawling technology to help shoppers make more informed buying decisions; and 10gen (http://www.10gen.com/), a new platform designed to help developers quickly and easily build complex and scalable Web applications.

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    Director of Corporate Communications
    AlleyCorp LLC
    (646) 747-1544
    mberkowitz@alleycorp.com