PlanetOut Inc.
PlanetOut Inc. was a public media and entertainment company founded by Tom Rielly in 1995, exclusively targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) demographic. It operated several LGBT-themed web sites, the first being an independent producer Forum on the Microsoft Network (MSN).
History
Planetout launched in August 1995 on the Microsoft Network; founded by Tom Rielly and a core team of co-founders including their first staff member Darren Nye as MSN Producer and Community Director, Christian Williams as Technical Director, Jenni Olson as Arts & Entertainment Producer (PopcornQ) and Greg Gordon as News Producer. Other co-founders who joined the company soon afterward included David Stazer as Web Producer, Eric Mueller as AOL Producer and Mary Salome as News Producer/PR.
In April 1996, with Tom Reilly as President and Jon Huggett as CEO, PlanetOut Inc. closed its first round of funding, a $3 million minority share investment by Sequoia Capital and America Online. And in September 1996 PlanetOut launched its services on the web at www.PlanetOut.com and a site on America Online.
Podcasts:
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by Planet Ad
Stay
by: Planet AdI feel so restless like I never felt before
I wanna fight them and I am losing control now
You're running too fast but I swear you will no more
Cause it's our last chance to come back and fix it all
I want to break down all the shields around your heart
I need your touch now even if we stand too far
You'll see me around and it's never been so hard
Cause we are soul bound and you'll give me other scars
[Chorus:]
Please stay with me
As I keep running and running again
And if its wrong or its right I don't care
You look so wasted like you never looked before
I know you'll find it between the pages of your life
This is the right way for the end of useless crimes
While we were fighting the time was running out
I’ll keep your secrets in the deepest of my heart
Then all the movies we used to watch all night
Before the fireworks and all the plans that we made