Lane Merrifield
is Co-founder/CEO at Club Penguin.
Disney Interactive loses Club Penguin founder Lane Merrifield
Co-founder Lane Merrifield during the opening of the new Club Penguin in Sydney in 2008. (Rob Griffith / August 5, 2008) Club Penguin founder Lane Merrifield is leaving Walt Disney Interactive two years after a reorganization put him in charge of the entertainment giant's online ... Read more »
Behind the beak of Club Penguin: would you let your child play? • News • Eurogamer.net
Lane Merrifield created it for his children. "I grew up a gamer. I've always had a passion for it. It was always a hobby and something I participated in in my personal life - nothing really to do with my career," Merrifield told Eurogamer, in a room decorated with wall-sized ... Read more »
Club Penguin Co-Founder Lane Merrifield Signing Off
Lane Merrifield, the co-founder of Club Penguin, the very successful virtual world for kids, has decided to step down five years after the company was acquired by Disney. In a note sent to employees earlier this morning, Merrifield wrote: “Our team has grown Club Penguin from a ... Read more »
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Lane Merrifield is co-creator of Club Penguin, which now has more than 150 million players, and in 2007 was named executive vice-president of Disney Online Studios. In 2003, Mr. Merrifield and his colleague Lance Priebe were working for a B.C. software company, New Horizon ... Read more »
Disney Spends Millions on Club Penguin After Habbo Disaster
With the words "we are not Habbo Hotel" writ in - metaphorical - letters of fire upon his forehead, Club Penguin co-founder Lane Merrifield announced a new safety awareness advertising campaign during a keynote speech at the Children's Media Conference in Sheffield, UK. Merrifield - ... Read more »
Making Club Penguin Safe for Kids Is Never "Done," Disney Says
“We believe Club Penguin is a safe start to social,” said Chris Heatherly, Disney Interactive’s VP and GM, who replaced Club Penguin founder Lane Merrifield last October. Heatherly and other Club Penguin employees described the site as a social destination, similar in some ways to ... Read more »
Disney Launches New Safety Ads for Club Penguin
Lane Merrifield, who is the executive vice president in charge of the Disney Online Studios and one of the founders of Club Penguin, stated during the Children's Media Conference that protecting its target audience was one of the most important tasks for the company and that educating ... Read more »
Disney’s Club Penguin is taken over by Marvel
That optimism is what drives both Club Penguin and the Marvel story lines and characters,” said Lane Merrifield, co-founder of Club Penguin and executive vice president of Disney Interactive Worlds. “Club Penguin and Marvel characters are the perfect match, and I'm sure our players will ... Read more »
Club Penguin's Chris Heatherly on How to Make a Social Game for Kids
Players may know Heatherly better by the name of his in-game penguin, Spike Hike, who has gained prominence after Heatherly replaced Lane Merrifield at the top of the org chart. He discussed the similarities and differences between Club Penguin and Facebook, his slow-and-steady mobile ... Read more »
Disney's Club Penguin Kicks off the Ultimate Music and Dance Party...
"Club Penguin's music parties have always been some of our most popular events, so the fact that we can bring the characters of Disney Channel's top-rated series 'Shake It Up' into Club Penguin takes this event to a whole new level," said Lane Merrifield, co-founder of Club Penguin and ... Read more »
Club Penguin Champions Real World Environmental Change Through Online Play
"Earth month is the perfect time to educate our players through original game play about the animals and environments they are helping to protect in the real world," said Lane Merrifield, one of Club Penguin's co-founders and executive vice president of Disney Online Studios. "Kids care ... Read more »
Gamasutra Press Releases THE CHILDREN’S MEDIA CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES LINEUP – LANE MERRIFIELD ANNO
Lane Merrifield, co-founder of Disney’s Club Penguin and Executive Vice President of Disney Online Studios, will deliver this year’s keynote speech. Addressing the Conference theme "Ahead of the Game", Lane will share his insights into the success of the global number one virtual ... Read more »
The Canadian Digital Media Network Kids interactive media conference INplay returns in conjunction
Of particular interest to delegates from both conferences is the May 15th appearance of Lane Merrifield, co-founder of Club Penguin. He will deliver a keynote presentation on the creation and growth of Club Penguin, the opportunity that Disney saw in opening a studio in Kelowna, thanks ... Read more »
Hack Education Weekly News: University of Texas Joins edX, Blackboard CEO Steps Down
Lane Merrifield, the co-founder of the popular kids’ website Club Penguin, is leaving the company (which was sold to Disney in 2007 for $700 million), reports AllThingsD. Merrifield will join FreshGrade, an education startup focused on “capturing learning” according to its ... Read more »
Club Penguin co-founder leaves Disney
Five years after being acquired by Disney Online Studios, Club Penguin co-founder Lane Merrifield has decided to leave the company. Merrifield has left his position as executive vice president of Disney Online Studios effective immediately, but will help out with the transition ... Read more »
Disney plans £3m Club Penguin safety campaign
According to The Guardian, Club Penguin co-founder and Disney executive vice president Lane Merrifield announced the £3m initiative during a keynote at the Children's Media Conference in Sheffield. "From the very start, our vision for Club Penguin was to create a safe place for my kids ... Read more »
Club Penguin gives 3m in space to child safety
Club Penguin founder Lane Merrifield has promised 3 million in print, television and online space to promote children's safety online. "Safety is important to us. Even though we don't have the ability to make the entire internet safe, we do have the ability to educate and empower kids to ... Read more »
Entrepreneurs’ Success Enriches Okanagan Tech Scene
The blockbuster buy didn’t just make wealthy men of co-founders Dave Krysko, Lance Priebe and Lane Merrifield; it enriched the already-fertile entrepreneurial soil of the Okanagan, where Disney continues to employ close to 400 people. And so, the Krysko-owned Streaming Café, which ... Read more »
The Canadian Digital Media Network Netflix CEO Reed Hastings joins speaker lineup for CDMN's Canad
Other speakers previously announced include Chris Anderson, best-selling author and former Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine, Jane McGonigal, game designer, futurist and best-selling author, and Lane Merrifield, co-founder of Club Penguin. Emcee Amber Macarthur will run the show and ... Read more »
The Canadian Digital Media Network CDMN Canada 3.0 Digital Media Conference Goal to 'Connect, Coll
" This year's keynote speakers include Chris Anderson, former Editor-in-Chief, Wired Magazine and bestselling author of Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, The Long Tail and Free; Jane McGonigal, internet game designer, futurist and bestselling author of Reality is Broken; Lane ... Read more »
