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Allison Buchanan CEO, New Media Lab LLC Parent company of HottyToddy.com & Experience Oxford Magazine Welcome! On behalf of our team at New Media Lab, LLC, parent company of HottyToddy.com and Experience Oxford Magazine, and our advertisers, we hope you enjoy this issue of our magazine. We also encourage you to visit HottyToddy.com, our online media company, which has grown to have over 1.8 million unique readers (and growing) in the past year. At HottyToddy.com we provide daily news, sports, information and entertainment. Our social media presences (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat) have a combined following of over 100,000 people and are growing every day. New Media Lab’s media ventures exist as real-world “new media” companies which are an excellent environment for Ole Miss students to get internship experience.
NEW MEDIA LAB MISSION STATEMENT New Media Lab LLC is a marketing and communications company with multiple ventures inspired by entrepreneurship and innovation providing enrichment experiences for students and engagement of faculty while generating financial support for the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi.
Ed Meek Founder and President, New Media Lab LLC Ed Meek is the founder and president of New Media Lab, LLC. He is former Assistant Vice Chancellor for Public Relations and Marketing at the University and CEO of Oxford Publishing, a national publishing and trade show group. He is the founder of the Tupelo Furniture Market, one of the largest exhibition centers in America, a Fellow of the American Council on Education and was awarded the Mississippi Governor’s Distinguished Citizen Award. He is the author or co-author of several books. He and his wife, Becky, are loyal Ole Miss alumni and benefactors who established the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at The University of Mississippi. 3 | Sign up for Daily Headlines from hottytoddy.com
CEO Allison Buchanan Publisher Ed Meek Creative Director Hannah Vines Advertising Meggie Carter Lillie Hughes Rick Kagey Steve Vassallo Contributors John Arrachea John Cofield William Dunlap Liz Barrett Foster Steven Gagliano Meaghan Huntley Alex Kitchens Hannah Rinehart Steve Vassallo Graphic Design Intern Caleb Warren Photographers Jim Hendrix