WotNews 2008: Our most important stories

WotNews wanted to put together stories of significance – not just reporting the main news from 2008 but asking a bunch of us what was most relevant to us personally. The list of people are:• David Liddy CEO, Bank of Queensland• Nicola Roxon, MP Federal Health Minister Ministerial page• Laurel Papworth, Social Network Strategist, World…

Joost receives £22.6m in VC funding

From NMA: Internet TV service Joost has acquired $45m (£22.6m) in venture capital. Five separate parties invested in the service, which launched commercially last week. Among the investors are Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Li Ka Shing Foundation, CSB Corporation and Viacom. CBS has already contributed more than 2,000 hours of content to the service including…