You already know that we announced some great news last Friday: we received $16.6 million in new funding to help us expand and further improve Multiply.

Since then, there's been a lot of talk about Multiply in the press. We thought we'd share some of the best coverage we've seen, so we've rolled these into a concise list.

We got love from newspapers:

New York Times: New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age

The Times makes a good point, but while it's true that our powerful privacy controls can be appealing to an older demographic, we know that people young and old, alike, enjoy using Multiply.

The Miami Herald: Social networking site Multiply gets $16.6M
                                  A different attitude for social networking
                                  Thoughts on Social Networking with Multiply's CEO

A great series of articles from a large South Florida newspaper that looks at Multiply from a few different angles.

Palm Beach Post: Boca's Multiply gets cash, social networking wiz

A little recognition from our hometown newspaper.

...and blogs, alike:

Insider Chatter: Multiply.com Raises Consumer Media Stakes AND $16.6 million VC

This is one of our favorite recent articles. Donna Bogatin certainly knows what she's talking about.

Red Herring: VCs Count on Multiply

This article features some great quotes from Pez.

TechCrunch: Multiply Lands $16.6 Million Series B

Brief but informative entry featuring a handful of insightful comments from TechCrunch readers.

Mashable: Multiply Raises $16.6 Million More

Includes insightful analysis acknowledging our place as a social networking innovator.

...and one with, well, slightly less love:

SuckyStartups: Multiply gets 16.6M. To Catch Up?

This one brought a smile to our faces, if for nothing else, the insightful comments left in response by a couple Multiply users. (And yes, we believe we have "a chance." Thanks for asking. :-)

Be sure to let us know if you've found any other articles we've missed!

This isn't the first time Multiply has been featured in the press (also, even more here), but even in this decentralized, global, location-doesn't-matter day in age, local coverage is still great. Local television coverage is so incredibly great (because you get both a moving picture, as well as a soundtrack and recognition from your local community), that we can't even begin to express just how great it is.

So here's the coverage, in case you missed it, don't own a television, or live somewhere far away from South Florida. There's little in this clip that current Multiply users wouldn't already know, but this looks to be a great introduction for individuals who haven't yet heard of Multiply, and may not understand what makes it better than other web sharing services available. Plus, it features about as much Pez as I've ever seen in the news!

In case you enjoy reading, it's also available in text form.

Thanks for the great coverage, WPTV!

Even with the attention Multiply has recently garnered in the national and worldwide press, it's still kind of nice to receive the same kind of attention on a more local level.

So we were thrilled to see Multiply on the front page of the Palm Beach Post this past Monday. The article is also available online. Be sure to have a look at it -- it features some great quotes from a number of Multiply users!

Last month, another prominent South Florida newspaper, the Miami Herald, ran a feature on Multiply. It's such a great article that we'll forgive them for a couple of minor inaccuracies ("Multiply also lets [users] check their e-mail," which we do not, and "Multiply says it has more than two million members," while we've already passed three million).

On the whole, we're proud of these two great writeups from local news outlets!

Yesterday, Multiply's founder and president Peter Pezaris sat down with Craig and Carey from Computer America, ("America's longest-running nationally-syndicated radio talk show about computers") to talk about the usual -- what Multiply is, why it's so great, and how easy it makes sharing and enjoying content from those you know.

But it wasn't all business as usual -- during the course of the interview, Peter mentioned an upcoming Multiply feature that has yet to be released... or even announced! If you want to hear more about what's coming soon, you'll just have to listen to the show.

Note that the actual interview begins after the show's intro -- at about 5 minutes and 15 seconds into the above MP3 -- and runs for the rest of the file. You may even want to download the file and drop it on your MP3 player; Peter's voice makes an excellent jogging partner or traveling companion!

From time to time, we've taken time out to point to reviews or press coverage of Multiply. Most of us here are emotionally secure and all, but this type of attention still makes our hearts go pitter-patter.

So you can imagine what the ambient noise must have sounded like around the Multiply office during the last few weeks, as our press coverage... well, pretty much exploded multiplied. Sure, there was much pittering and pattering abound, but there was, more importantly, a general sense of happiness that, in a world where other (ahem) similar, yet very different, websites get tons of press (perhaps not for the right reasons), many of the same media outlets who report on those have finally taken notice of what we're doing.

So here's a quick rundown of a few of our favorite mentions. Some of these are in reference to our recent strengthening of our partnership with Transcosmos, some are about Multiply in general, and some are even in reference to one another, as is the nature of the blogosphere. One thing these have in common: they all seem to "get" it.

TechCrunch: Multiply aims to be distinct by focusing closely on limiting interactions to people who are already connected to each other. Beyond that, though, the system has a number of interesting features...

Red Herring: Net Startups Nab Funding

C|Net News.com: Users can also limit access to their Multiply [site]. If users feel more comfortable allowing only family members access to their baby pictures, for example, they can impose restrictions on that access when publishing the pictures...

Visible Networking: Multiply (again! Everybody talks about Multiply) allows users to share photos, blogs, videos, music, etc. with their social network...

Mashable: The site prides itself on its “real world” model - instead of encouraging users to add countless friends, Multiply labels your contacts based on your real-life relationships (grandmother, brother, step-mother etc).

Boca Raton News: Boca firm web site: ‘more privacy’ to deter predators

Talkin' Tech: What I really wanted to do was to upload some pictures but its features made me stick to it -- especially the way it shows me the stuff my multiply contacts has done.

On the Turning Away: Multiply…Your Presence Online?

So this is a bit of what's crossed our radar lately.
Have you found one we've missed? Feel free to comment and let us know!

When I first reviewed the site in January 2005, I quite liked it, but now it's even more impressive.

So begins PC Magazine's recent review of Multiply, a followup to their above-noted 2005 review. It seems that, in the eyes of journalist Cade Metz (yes, he uses Multiply!), we're still worthy of four stars ("Very Good"). We'll take that!

Have a glance at capsule review, or check out the full thing.

We have a bit of news to pass along to you -- Multiply's Founder and President Peter Pezaris is going to be a guest on Bob Parsons' Life Online radio show tonight. Peter, our fearless leader, signs the paychecks around here in addition to being a generally cool dude.

You can listen to the show live from the Life Online website around 10:45 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time (see this in your time zone). In case you miss it (or just want to hear it again), check back here after the show; we'll post a link to where you can download it as soon as it's available on their site.


Update: The show is now available for download from Life Online's archive page or click here for a direct download link. Peter's segment begins around 59:30 into the show.