Silicon Alley Reporter Silicon Alley Reporter Silicon Alley Reporter was an American trade publication focused on New York's Silicon Alley. Founded by Jason Calacanis in 1996, then was renamed the "Venture Reporter" in 2001 and was eventually sold to Dow Jones in 2003. Rafat Ali served as Managing Editor before founding paidContent.org and its parent company ContentNext Media. Notable contributors include Xeni Jardin, Rafat Ali and Clay Shirky. The parent company of "Silicon Alley Reporter" and "Venture Reporter" was called Rising Tide Studios. Karol Martesko-Fenster collaborated with Jason Calacanis and Gordon Gould from 1997 to 1999 on the launch of "Silicon Alley Reporter"
Silicon Slopes Lake City would be one of the next places to receive Google Fiber. Construction is currently ongoing, but significant progress has been made, and residents and businesses will soon be able to sign-up for lightning-fast internet service. Requests for business permits in the area have drastically increased in response to the soon-to-be-available service. The State of Utah has offered a variety of incentives to encourage large tech companies to call Utah home, and the Silicon Slopes uprising would suggest that these perks have been motivating. The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development allows a variety of grants and tax incentives