Faith & Values Media buys Ecunet

Published: 2007-09-20

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Faith & Values Media, a consortium of Abrahamic faith groups -- including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops -- has purchased Ecunet, a nonprofit online network of Christian organizations. No purchase price was disclosed. Faith & Values Media said in announcing the purchase in late August that the acquisition would strengthen Faith & Values' FaithStreams Network, an online programming service at www.faithstreams.com. A smaller amount of Faith & Values programming is shown on cable's Hallmark Channel. Faith & Values would in turn bolster Ecunet through its digital arm, Lightworks New Media, offering Web site publishing, podcasting, content distribution, forum discussion and streaming video options. Ecunet was begun in 1985 by the Rev. Houston Hodges, a Presbyterian minister with a new Macintosh computer and a modem. Members of Ecunet can join and participate in online discussions that cover a wide range of topics.

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