Wow! What a year it’s been! Of course, for us, it was the rebranding of THE PODCAST VOICE GUYS and the launch of NEW MECIA CREATIVE last summer that marked a turning point and new beginning.

Since then, we’ve been busier than ever with new clients, new projects and a marathon of trade shows and conferences. Then, as the year drew to a close, there was all of the unexpected coolness surrounding the twentieth anniversary of Joe Klein’s newly-annointed holiday classic Christmas In Malibu!

What a wild and crazy five months it’s been, to be sure……

To regain a little sanity, reset our mildly sautéed brains and prepare for the next onslaught of craziness that the new year will bring, we’re taking a break for the last week of December.

We’ll be diving back into the new media madness at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco, followed by the Consumer Electronics Show  and Affiliate Summit West conference in Las Vegas. Joe will be flying solo at MacWorld, then joining NMC associate Brett Bumeter in Vegas for the CES and Affiliate Summit.

We look forward to seeing friends old and new and meeting new colleagues over the next few weeks. We’ll be checking the blogs and following Twitter throughout all three events, so look for us at various sessions, meetups and after-hours parties!

Look for updates following the events and lots of breaking news about upcoming projects we have on the boards for 2009! This next year already has lots going on for us.

It would be remiss not to address the fact that this past year, and particularly the past few months, have been a challenge for a large percentage of us in the business community, as the economy has experienced a pretty significant downturn through the second half of 2008. New Media has not been spared the wrath of the deepening recession and these are difficult times for us all!

But let’s not let these financial potholes run us off the road to success! It’s more important than ever to keep a positive attitude and outlook, and especially to keep on innovating and moving the exciting and promising world of new media forward!

2009 is a new year, with young and exciting new leadership. Hopefully, together, we will put unbridled greed and competition aside, pull ourselves out of the current economic rut we find ourselves in and, with a little bit of luck, end up with a “new and improved” planet Earth, filled with exciting new opportunities and possibilities for us all to explore and exploit!

MAY THE NEW YEAR BRING

PEACE AND PROSPERITY ALL!