SmartPlanet
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| image_caption = "Insight and ideas that impact the world around you."
| editor = Larry Dignan
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| category = Business, technology, science, energy, healthcare, design, thought leadership
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| circulation = 250,000 readers
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| publisher = Quantcast Corp.| date = 1 April 2011| url = http://www.quantcast.com/smartplanet.com
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| publisher = CBS Interactive
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| firstdate = November 2, 1999
| finaldate = June 30, 2014
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| country = {{USA}}, (US and France editions)
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| language = English
| website = {{URL|http://smartplanet.com/}}
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SmartPlanet was an online magazine that covered clean technology and information technology as it related to healthcare, science, transportation, corporate sustainability, architecture, and design. It was part of the business portfolio of CBS Interactive that included BNET and ZDNet and was known for its daily coverage of the technology and energy industries. It stopped publishing on June 30, 2014.
History
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The site was first launched by Ziff Davis on November 2, 1999{{cite news
|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-57089216.html
|title=SmartPlanet.com Goes Live with the Largest Personal Learning Community On the Web
|author=PR Newswire
|date=November 2, 1999
|publisher=CBS Interactive
|access-date=2010-11-15}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} as an online educational service and "personal learning community" focused on the technology industry.{{cite news
|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_March_14/ai_60080726/
|title=SmartPlanet Teams With Intuit to Rescue Consumers From Burdens of Tax Season
|author=Business Wire
|date=March 14, 2000
|publisher=CBS Interactive
|access-date=2010-06-15}}{{cite news
|url = http://clearstation.etrade.com/doc/pr/pr_partnerships.html
|title = CLEARSTATION ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIPS WITH HUNGRY MINDS.COM AND SMARTPLANET.COM
|author = ClearStation
|date = October 7, 1999
|publisher = E-Trade
|access-date = 2010-06-15
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110710204245/http://clearstation.etrade.com/doc/pr/pr_partnerships.html
|archive-date = July 10, 2011
}}
After CNET Networks acquired Ziff Davis and subsidiary ZDNet in 2000,{{cite news
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/20/business/cnet-is-buying-what-remains-of-ziff-davis.html
|title=CNet Is Buying What Remains Of Ziff-Davis
|author=Greg Winter, Alex Kuczynski
|date=July 20, 2000
|work=New York Times
|access-date=2010-06-15}} SmartPlanet was relaunched in 2001 as a paid learning service for IT professionals.{{cite news
|url = http://pressreleases.cnetnetworks.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=67325&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=686997&highlight=
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061104221433/http://pressreleases.cnetnetworks.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=67325&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=686997&highlight=
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = November 4, 2006
|title = CNET Networks launches "SmartPlanet" online technology learning and certification service
|author = CBS Interactive
|date = June 20, 2001
|publisher = CBS Interactive
|access-date = 2010-06-09
}}
In 2008, it was relaunched as a U.K.-based eco-friendly, green lifestyle publication that featured reviews of sustainable and ethical products.{{cite news
|url=http://www.cbsinteractive.co.uk/press/releases/0,10000069,10000343,00.htm
|title=Website makes it easy to go green
|author=CNET Networks UK
|date=March 6, 2008
|publisher=CBS Interactive
|access-date=2010-06-09}}{{cite news
|url = http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=40915§ioncode=1
|title = Websites net the green angle...
|author = Press Gazette (UK)
|date = April 17, 2008
|publisher = Press Gazette
|access-date = 2010-07-28
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110122153633/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=40915§ioncode=1
|archive-date = January 22, 2011
|url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/789624/CNET-goes-green-new-website-launch/
|title=CNET goes green with new website launch
|author=Sarah Crawley-Boevey
|date=March 11, 2008
|publisher=Brand Republic
|access-date=2010-07-28}} It was edited by Adam Vaughan, who is now energy correspondent of The Guardian.{{cite news
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/adam-vaughan
|title=Adam Vaughan
|author=The Guardian
|date=September 28, 2007
|publisher=The Guardian
|access-date=2010-06-09}}
In June 2009, SmartPlanet was relocated to the U.S. and revamped as a business-centric publication led by ZDNet editor-in-chief Larry Dignan.{{cite news
|url = http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/welcome-to-smartplanet-a-new-cbs-interactive-site/7768/
|title = Welcome to SmartPlanet, a new CBS Interactive site
|author = Andrew Nusca
|date = June 3, 2009
|publisher = CBS Interactive
|access-date = 2010-06-09
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110221030147/http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/welcome-to-smartplanet-a-new-cbs-interactive-site/7768/
|archive-date = February 21, 2011
}} It stopped publishing on June 30, 2014, and its staff and content were merged with ZDNet.
Editorial coverage
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At launch in 2009, SmartPlanet was divided into three sections: Smart Business, Smart Technology and Smart People.
=Blogs=
Within SmartPlanet's sections were several blogs:
- Business Brains, which covers cities, transportation and corporate sustainability.
- Intelligent Energy, which covers clean technology.
- Pure Genius, which profiles the inventors and thought leaders behind innovation.
- Rethinking Healthcare, which covers health technology and policy.
- Science Scope, which covers scientific discoveries.
- Thinking Tech, which covers aerospace, automotive, military, supercomputers and other applied technology.
- Solving Cities, which covers urban planning, public works infrastructure, government 2.0 initiatives and green building.
- Transport Theory, which covers various modes of transportation and the systems and infrastructure that support them.
- Smart Takes, an editor's blog with daily news and opinion items.
Its blogs were eliminated in a 2013 redesign and rebranding that recategorized the content into news ("The Latest," formerly called "The Bulletin") and features ("The Issue").
=Video=
SmartPlanet regularly produced original video on new technologies, innovators and industry conferences on sustainability, energy and green technology.
The site's occasional series called "The Future Of..." was known for featuring real-world applications of new technologies that redefine existing products or services, such as diabetic monitors, bus stops and hospitals.
|url = http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/video/the-future-of-hospitals/462024/
|title = The future of...hospitals
|author = SmartPlanet
|date = September 30, 2010
|publisher = CBS Interactive
|access-date = 2010-11-20
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101106050838/http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/video/the-future-of-hospitals/462024/
|archive-date = November 6, 2010
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In 2011, the series won the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for "Best Use of Video" by a B2B trade publication.{{cite news
|url=http://www.americanbusinessmedia.com/images/abm/pdfs/NealWinners2011.pdf
|title=2011 Jesse H. Neal Award Winners & Finalists
|author=American Business Media
|author-link=American Business Media
|date=March 10, 2011
|publisher=American Business Media
|access-date=2011-04-01}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{oweb|http://smartplanet.com}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.grist.org/article/2010-01-26-smartplanet-is-not-going-green/ |title=SmartPlanet is not going green |last=Hiskes|first=Jonathan |date=2010-01-26 |work=Analysis |publisher=Grist |access-date=2010-06-09 |location=Seattle }}
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