SmartPlanet

File:Smartplanet-logo-200px.png
URL	http://smartplanet.com/
Slogan	"Insight and ideas that impact the world around you."
Category	Business, technology, science, energy, healthcare, design, thought leadership
Publisher	CBS Interactive
Editions	USA, France
Registration	Optional
Readership	250,000[1]
Country	United States
Editor	Larry Dignan
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SmartPlanet is an online magazine that covers clean technology and information technology as it relates to healthcare, science, transportation, corporate sustainability, architecture and design. It is part of the business portfolio of CBS Interactive that includes BNET and ZDNet and is known for its daily coverage of the technology and energy industries.

History[link]

The site was first launched by Ziff Davis on November 2, 1999^[2] as an online educational service and "personal learning community" focused on the technology industry.^[3][4]

After CNET Networks acquired Ziff Davis and subsidiary ZDNet in 2000,^[5] SmartPlanet was relaunched in 2001 as a paid learning service for IT professionals.^[6]

In 2008, it was relaunched as a U.K.-based eco-friendly, green lifestyle publication that featured reviews of sustainable and ethical products.^[7][8][9] It was edited by Adam Vaughan, who is now editor of The Guardian's environment section.^[10]

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.^[11]

Editorial Coverage[link]

SmartPlanet is divided into three sections: Smart Business, Smart Technology and Smart People.

Blogs[link]

Within SmartPlanet's sections are 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.

Video[link]

SmartPlanet regularly produces original video on new technologies, innovators and industry conferences on sustainability, energy and green technology.

The site's occasional series called "The Future Of..." is known for featuring real-world applications of new technologies that redefine existing products or services, such as diabetic monitors, bus stops and hospitals. ^[12]

In 2011, the series won the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for "Best Use of Video" by a B2B trade publication.^[13]

See also[link]

• BNET
• CBS Interactive
• CBS MoneyWatch
• CBS News
• CNET
• TechRepublic
• ZDNet

References[link]

External links[link]

• SmartPlanet.com
• Hiskes, Jonathan (2010-01-26). "SmartPlanet is not going green". Analysis. Seattle: Grist. http://www.grist.org/article/2010-01-26-smartplanet-is-not-going-green/. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 

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