Lexico Press Releases
For Immediate Release
Lexico Awards Web Site Redesign Contract to Happy Cog
Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com to feature new look and features
LOS ANGELES - November 15, 2005 - Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, the publisher of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com announced today that it has awarded a website re-design contract to Happy Cog Studios, one of the world's leading website developing firms; headed by Jeffrey Zeldman, an internationally renowned website designer and author.
"We are thrilled, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, entranced, excited, gratified, jubilant, overjoyed and pleased that Lexico chose us to help them improve, advance, augment, enhance, polish and promote Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com," said Jeffrey Zeldman, Happy Cog's founder and creative director. "We love this company's products, we admire their dedication to their users, and we are excited by their determination to be the best."
Happy Cog's clients have included Amnesty International USA, Capgemini, United Nations Women's Development Fund, Warner Bros Movies, The New York Public Library, Google's Blogger, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and The Kansas City Chiefs football club.
"Out of the many superb website design firms that submitted proposals to Lexico, we feel that the team at Happy Cog Studios is the best for us," said Dan Oftelie, Business Development Manager of Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, "I have been a fan of Jeffrey Zeldman for years, so it is very exciting to be working with him and all of the incredibly talented individuals on the Happy Cog Studios' team."
About Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
Founded in 1995, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC is a leading provider of online reference services, including Dictionary.com, called "the best general English-language dictionary online" by Web Guide magazine; the Dictionary.com Word of the Day Mailing List, a daily e-mail vocabulary lesson; Thesaurus.com, the award-winning online version of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases; Reference.com, an online encyclopedia, almanac and general reference guide; and CleverKeys, free software that gives instant access to definitions and synonyms from Windows and Macintosh programs. Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com combined to serve more than 19 million unique visitors in October 2005. The Word of the Day Mailing List has more than 845,000 subscribers.
About Happy Cog Studios
Among the web's best-known boutique agencies, Happy Cog Studios (happycog.com) pioneered and excels at standards-based design. Founded by internationally known designer and writer Jeffrey Zeldman (zeldman.com) and staffed by an elite corps of high-end consultants, the shop designs user-driven, content-focused websites, publishes an influential magazine for web professionals (alistapart.com), and co-produces a design conference (aneventapart.com).
Contact:
Kirk Green
Gonzo Communications
(949) 459-2165
pr@lexico.com
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