Creative COW
Creative Cow logo
Screenshot of the Creative Cow forums
Predecessor(s)Media 100 Worldwide Users Group
Created byKathlyn and Ron Lindeboom
URLcreativecow.net
Launched11 April 2001; 22 years ago (2001-04-11)[1]
Current statusactive

Creative COW is a website of support communities for digital video, video editing, and media production professionals in broadcasting, motion graphics, visual effects and film.

It provides over 60 online support discussion forums spanning a wide range of professional video tools and software.[2]

Additionally, Creative Cow offers over 1,000 free text and video tutorials,[3][4] has nearly two dozen different podcasts,[citation needed] as well as other resources for video professionals. Creative COW is funded by advertising and sponsorship from manufacturers.[citation needed]

COW is a backronym for "Communities of the World".[5]

History

Creative COW was founded in April 2001 by Kathlyn and Ron Lindeboom,[6] a married couple.[7]

The website evolved from the Lindeboom's earlier Media 100 Worldwide Users Group (WWUG),[5] which began in 1995, and was sold to Digital Media Net in January 2000.[7]

After the sale of WWUG, the Lindebooms decided to create another website. Initially, Kathlyn Lindeboom was Creative COW's director and chief officer, while Ron shifted roles from a developer to operations. In late 2002, Ron took over as the company's CEO, while Kathlyn shifted to operations and Human Resources.[7][8]

Over the years, Creative COW grew to be one of the largest and longest-running online communities for multimedia professionals. As of 2021, 71% of the site's visitors (5.3 million annual visitors) were Gen Z and Millennials, while 25% (1.9 million annual visitors) were mid-career professionals.[9]

In 2022, Creative COW LLC was dissolved[10] and Creative COW's trademarks, assets, and intellectual property were reassigned from Ronald Lindeboom to Brielyn Clayton.[11] The Creative COW website and forums are still in operation.[2]

Creative COW Magazine

In 2006 Creative COW launched a quarterly trade magazine, the Creative COW Magazine,[12] which grew in 2008 to become a bimonthly, and in 2011 was cited by a trade journal which reports on issues and trends related to the magazine printing trade, who named Creative COW Magazine as one of the FOLIO: 40 for 2011.[13][14][15]

The magazine was discontinued by 2013.[16][11]

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Creative COW. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Creative Communities of the World Forums". Creative COW. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Category: Tutorials". Creative COW. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Creative COW". YouTube. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b "The History of Creative COW". Creative COW. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Kathlyn's Welcome". Creative COW. Archived from the original on 18 April 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b c Lindeboom, Kathlyn. "A Bit of History of CreativeCOW.net". Creative COW. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014.
  8. ^ "COW Administrative Team". Creative COW. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  9. ^ Video, Film & Audio Creative Community. Let us Help you Share your Story - CreativeCow.net (Webcast). Shoots Video. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Recent filings for CREATIVE COW LLC". OpenCorporates. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Ronald Lindeboom". LinkedIn. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  12. ^ Lindeboom, Ron. "Recalling our First Five Years in Print". Creative COW. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  13. ^ "The 2011 FOLIO: 40". Folio. 20 April 2011. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  14. ^ CreativeCOW to debut magazine in time for NAB 2006, FreshDV, archived from the original on 25 October 2011, retrieved 21 December 2010
  15. ^ Mitchell, Brian (25 June 2007). "Creative COW Magazine Bucks Print Trend With Strong First Year Sales and Circulation Growth". ecoustics.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  16. ^ "HP Special Edition: New Dimensions in Productivity Issue : Creative COW Magazine". Creative COW. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

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