As the Internet increasingly becomes a viable commercial platform, new media start-ups have burst on the scene. Traditional media companies are similarly scrambling to get online.

But does building a successful new media enterprise require a completely new approach to management? Do traditional and evolving management practices still apply? Are there effective business models for the modern content enterprise?

This Round Table was also concerned with the management challenges associated with making the transition from print to digital content products and with doing business simultaneously in both worlds.

Industry speakers and panelists included:

• Christopher Barr, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, C/NET: The Computer Network;
  
  
• John Clippinger, CEO and President, Lexeme, Inc.;
  
  
• Jim Ledbetter, New York Bureau Chief, The Industry Standard;
  
  
• Tony Perkins, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Red Herring;
  
  
• Jeff Pundyk, Editor-in-Chief, CMPnet;
  
  
• David Talbot, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Salon Magazine;
  
  
• Tom Watson, Co-Founder and Editor, @NY; and
  
  
• Alan Webber, Founding Editor, Fast Company.
  
  

Institute and faculty speakers, panelists and moderators included:

• Professor Mel Horwitch, Director, Institute for Technology and Enterprise, Chair, Department of Management, Polytechnic University;
  
  
• Ziv Navoth, Executive Director, Institute for Technology and Enterprise;
  
  
• Professor Nina Ziv, Co-Director, Executive Masters Degree Programs, Department of Management, Polytechnic University.
  
  

Additional contributions included an interview conducted by Mel Horwitch and Ziv Navoth with Joey Anuff, Co-Founder of Suck.com.