The Magazine Innovation Summit 2009 is happening October 14-15 in New York. This conference is a must for those seeking to learn about innovation and ideation in the magazine/publishing industry.  Here is a statement from their “about page”

The Magazine Innovation Summit is the world’s first magazine industry conference devoted exclusively to innovation in the publishing space. The event will feature speakers, panelists and case studies addressing technological, operational and creative change in the business. It will focus on understanding and harnessing the power of disruptive technologies and transformative business.

The summit features some amazing speakers including;

REED HASTINGS
Founder, Chairman and CEO – Netflix

ANDY SAREYAN
Chief Brand Officer and Executive Vice President, Meredith National Media Group
President, Better Homes & Gardens

KRISTIANA HELMICK
Senior Manager
Amazon.com

FABIO FREYRE
Vice President, Advertising
Facebook

These are just a few of the many thought leaders in the magazine/publishing industry that will be speaking at the conference.

You can follow the summit on twitter for updates here, and to get more info about the conference check out the Innovation Summit 09 site here.

SearchWiki allows users to rank and edit their Google search results.  This is a game changer for magazine publishers as we look to social media and experiences to drive new interest to our digital brands.  The future implications of how this tool could be integrated into the overall search experience as well as social media aspects and tremendous.

Google Inc. Thursday began allowing users to re-rank and edit their search results through a new set of personalization features the company hopes will make its dominant search engine more useful. – Wall Street Journal

Google:

How to use SearchWiki

Here’s how you can rank, remove, add, and comment on search results:

• Like a certain search result?Click to move it to the top of the page. This result will appear at the top whenever you do the same search in the future. We’ll add this marker next to it so you’ll recognize it later.
• Don’t like a result?Click to remove it, and it’ll remain hidden whenever you do the same search in the future.