Tickled Media adds Kidlander.sg to Southeast Asian portfolio
June 22nd, 2011 – SINGAPORE – Tickled Media, the leading Singapore-based online publishing house has announced the launch of www.kidlander.sg – a wiki-style, interactive guide to places and events for kids in Singapore. The launch, the first in a planned series of country launches across Southeast Asia and India, strengthens Tickled Media’s offering to the parenting audience. It is already publishing the leading parenting online magazine theAsianparent.com launched in 2008.
Earlier this month, Tickled Media announced its partnership with the world’s first blogging and social media platform, LiveJournal.com, to operate their portals in South-East Asia and India. LiveJournal is Singapore’s 28th largest website reaching close to a million unique monthly visitors in Singapore.
The Kidlander website is the result of a collaboration with a Norway-originated site that recently moved its headquarter to Singapore under the name of Nichilizer Pte Ltd.
Kenneth Solberg, CEO of Nichilizer Pte Ltd added, “I am excited to partner with Tickled Media to bring this concept to Singapore. As working parents, it was difficult for us to keep track of all the interesting activities taking place. We typically discovered the best events only after they had taken place. The idea was born, and we set up www.barnesteder.no shortly after to list all activities for children in Norway. We are really happy to see its sister site launched in Singapore today.”
“The Southeast Asian market is booming in the consumer internet space. The next 5 years will see Southeast Asian users coming online and we will see an aggressive consolidation. Tickled Media will venture into an aggressive roll-out across the region to take advantage of this opportunity”, said William Klippgen, Executive Director of Tickled Media Pte Ltd. Klippgen was the co-founder of European internet success Kelkoo.com sold to Yahoo! In 2004 for €475m.
Kidlander’s wiki-style features allow users to be the critic, the journalist, the explorer or the tour guide to their peers. With complete freedom to upload and modify reviews and information, users are guaranteed a current and complete perspective on all events and places posted on the site.
The interface is so simple and interactive that also kids can share their views and add their voices to the pool of reviewers. Furthermore, every review or comment earns you points in the system. At the end of each week, the member with the most points wins attractive prizes. The site has enabled the one-click Facebook connect feature for a 100% hassle-free sign-up.
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About Nichilizer Pte Ltd
Nichilizer is a Singapore company that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports the GO2 collaboration platform for smart “niche” communities. The GO2 platform currently powers websites in Europe and Asia including www.barnesteder.no (Norway) and www.kidlander.sg (Singapore). Nichilizer was founded in 2011 by Kenneth Solberg and Gunnar Nilsson.
About Tickled Media Pte Ltd
Tickled Media is a leading Singapore-based online publishing house that operates the online parenting magazine, theAsianparent.com in several Asian markets. It is also serves as the South-East Asia and India agent for LiveJournal.com. Tickled Media also handles innovative online campaigns for local and multi-national companies in the region including Nestlé, Pfizer and PropertyGuru.com. It is supported by Tigris Capital Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based digital media investment fund. For more information, please visit www.tickledmedia.com.sg
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LiveJournal 推出东南亚的网站平台;任点与新加坡媒体公司建立伙伴关系
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LiveJournal推出东南亚的网站平台;任点与新加坡媒体公司建立伙伴关系
2011年6月8日 – 莫斯科/新加坡 – 世界上第一个博客和社交媒体平台，LiveJournal，今天宣布它已经任点新加坡领先网络出版家Tickled Media, 成为他们在东南亚和印度的官方代表。
作为协议的一部分，Tickled Media将创建LiveJournal在东南亚的网站主页，为亚洲博客建立全新丰富的用户体验。Tickled Media也将会在本地创建媒体销售商机。
LiveJournal在新加坡每月吸引超过一百万的本地网站用户，相当于新加坡人口的四分之一。这使得新加坡成为LiveJournal国际第五大市场 。LiveJournal也是新加坡最大的女性网络平台，用来搜索对于健康，育儿，美容，时装和 生活方式等等最新的知讯 。精明的博客也使用Livejournal作为“狂欢”和“跳蚤市场” 网站 购物平台，他们可以参加批量购买或获得二手商品。
“社会媒体在亚洲正经历巨大的增长而LiveJournal 深信这将会是下一个大市场。Tickled Media 具备了丰富专业知识和广大的媒体优势，与Tickled Media 建立伙伴关系, 将会提供 一个理想的平台来扩大LiveJournal在东南亚地区的竞争优势”，说AnneliesVan Den Belt，SUP Media CEO
“LiveJournal不仅是一个主流博客平台， 它也是女性blogshop业主的首选网站。我们期待着为新加坡的博客， 网站用户和广告商带来一个全新及充满本地风味的LiveJournal品牌。”，说Roshni Mahtani，Tickled Media 总经理
关于 SUP Media
SUP Media是一家国际电子媒体公司。SUP Media 的总部设立在莫斯科和旧金山，它包含了六项业务，其中一项是LiveJournal。 LiveJournal是一个丰富的社交媒体平台，而每月的全球读者超过3600万名。自1999年成立以来，LiveJournal 已经从一个博格网络提升成一个朝气勃勃的社交平台。 从生活到科学，LiveJournal的用户已在LiveJournal设立了上万个的网络群体。至今，LiveJournal 的用户已超过2900万名，其中1000万名来自美国，500万名来自俄罗斯 。欲了解更多信息，请查看以下网址http://www.sup.com/en
关于Tickled Media Pte Ltd
Tickled Media是一家在新加坡成立的电子出版公司. Tickled Media 的业务包含了在亚洲首屈一指的育儿网络杂志，theAsianparent.com。 Tickled Media也为不同的跨国与本地公司经营各项的品牌活动，其中包括了 Nestlé, Pfizer 和 PropertyGuru.com。 Tickled Media也受到了一家新加坡媒体投资基金, Tigris Capital Pte Ltd 的支持。欲了解更多信息， 请查看以下网址www.tickledmedia.com.sg
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Michael Rutledge
press@livejournalinc.com
William Klippgen
press@tickledmedia.com.sg
LiveJournal appoints Tickled Media as Asia partner
June 8th, 2011 – MOSCOW / SINGAPORE – The world’s first blogging and social media platform, LiveJournal.com, announced today that it has appointed Tickled Media, a leading Singapore online publishing house, to be their official representative in South-East Asia and India.
As part of the agreement, Tickled Media will create local country homepages for LiveJournal in South-East Asia and create a richer user experience for Asian bloggers. Tickled Media will also create a local media sales presence.
LiveJournal attracts over one million unique visitors a month from Singapore, equivalent to a quarter of the country’s population. This makes Singapore the fifth largest market for LiveJournal by audience. Sophisticated Singaporean users are known for using LiveJournal as a platform for “Spree” and “Flea” social shopping communities where they can take part in bulk purchases or get second-hand items. LiveJournal is Singapore’s largest female online portal, where users blog about health, parenting, beauty, fashion and lifestyle.
“Social media in Asia is experiencing tremendous growth and LiveJournal sees it as its next big market. Partnering with Tickled Media with their local online expertise and strong advertiser relationships offers LiveJournal the ideal platform to expand our presence and have a competitive edge in the region”, said Annelies Van Den Belt, SUP Media CEO.
“Apart from being a popular mainstream blogging platform, LiveJournal is the portal of choice for female blogshop owners. We are looking forward to increasing the awareness of this buzzing community amongst bloggers, blog shop owners and advertisers, and we simply cannot wait to bring a local flavor to the LiveJournal brand”, said Roshni Mahtani, Managing Director of Tickled Media.
About SUP Media
SUP Media is an international digital media company based in Moscow and San Francisco, which has six businesses including LiveJournal. LiveJournal is a rich, social media platform with a global following of more than 36 million monthly readers (Omniture). Since its inception in 1999, LiveJournal has evolved from a journaling network into a vibrant, community-driven destination site. LiveJournal users create and participate in tens of thousands of active communities covering a broad range of interests, from acting to zoology. LiveJournal hosts more than 29 million international accounts, with approximately 10 million in the USA and 5 million in Russia. For more information, please visit http://www.sup.com/en.
About Tickled Media Pte Ltd
Tickled Media is a Singapore-based digital publishing house that operates the online parenting magazine, theAsianparent.com in several Asian markets. Tickled Media also handles innovative online campaigns for both local and multi-national companies in the region such as Nestlé, Pfizer and PropertyGuru.com. It is supported by Tigris Capital Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based media investment fund. For more information, please visit www.tickledmedia.com.sg
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Media Contacts
Michael Rutledge
press@livejournalinc.com
William Klippgen
press@tickledmedia.com.sg