News and Updates on Quantum Partners and Projects

• Principal Alison Anthoine launches Paperlex for legal docs

January 15, 2012: 

Quantum Principal Alison Anthoine who has been a practicing attorney for more than 30 years has used this expertise as co-founder and President of Paperlex, a brand new company that will offer templates of documents for free that consumers can tweak as needed -- versus established competitors Nolo and LegalZoom which charge.  Read a recent article that describes the vertical and where Alison is quoted. For more information or to sign up for beta acess go to the site.

• Ava Seave’s “Curse of the Mogul” in top 25 Business Books Purchased by Corporations

December 23, 2011: 

800-CEO-READ, a leading direct supplier of book-based resources, compiles a monthly list of best-selling business books based on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. For the latest month released, November 2011, event though this is two  years after its original publication date,  "Curse of the Mogul:  What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies," coauthored by Quantum Principal Ava Seave (with Jonathan Knee and Bruce Greenwald) is number 20, in the top 25.  To read the entire list go here. 

• Erica Gruen is Industry Expert in Crain’s Article on Oprah Channel

December 16, 2011: 

Quantum Media Principal, Erica Gruen was quoted as an industry expert in Crain's article "Oh no! Oprah Winfrey's new network is struggling: Broadcast success hasn't translated to talk-show host's cable network." 

Gruen commented on the lack of pull "uplifting" programming can have for an audience, comparing this to failed efforts of Oxygen network when it first debuted.  To read the entire article, go here.