Steemit Inc have continued to build on their new program of outreach to the community.
After joining the Witness Chat on Rambling Radio on Wednesday, newly appointed Managing Director Elizabeth Powell joined Executive Chairman Ned Scott in a second appearance on the State of Steem Forums on Thursday.
The planning for the Steem Alliance elections on Sunday is moving forward.
A major new contest to produce a video ad for Steem has been launched by 
Hive account@surfermarly.
Steemit Inc turns up the dial on Community Communication
New Steemit Inc Managing Director Elizabeth Powell made her third Discord 'on air' appearance of the week when she joined Executive Chairman Ned Scott on his second visit to the State of Steem Forums.
Ned and Elizabeth spent an hour before the Forum started giving an update on this week's developments and answering questions from the audience.
The recording of this session, and the forum, will be posted very shortly.
The previous day Steemit Inc's new MD along with 
Hive account@andrarchy dropped into Rambling Radio's regular Witness Chat hosted by 
Hive account@shadowspub...
The Steemit Inc team have also released another update on current developments and the new direction of the company...
Steem Alliance Working Group Elections - Sunday 27 January
The nascent Steem Alliance has posted updated details about the forthcoming elections for the Working Group that are taking place this coming Sunday...
'60 Seconds of Steem' Video Ad Contest launched - Over 1000 STEEM in prizes
Long time steemian Hive account@surfermarly has launched a new contest to crowdsource 60 second adverts to promote Steem.
The closing date is Thursday 7 February and the contest is open to all video creators and vloggers.
The contest is being supported by 
Hive account@dtube, 
Hive account@good-karma's eSteem, 
Hive account@nextgencrypto (Bernie Sanders), 
Hive account@roelandp, 
Hive account@oracle-d and 
Hive account@theycallmedan. The prize pool amounts to over 1000 steem.
Steem Meetups
Steem Meetups are a great way to get to know others on the platform and to take the Steem Community into the real world.
Meetups will now be included in the SoS Daily News.
A few already spotted include one in Malaysia in February, another in the USA in March and one in the UK in April...
US based Creative Director Nate Aguila is producing a range of free-to-use Steem promotional graphics starting with footer badges and wallpapers...
(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)
| Steem price |
US$ 0.373 |
2019-01-25 3.29am UTC |
| SBD price |
US$ 0.963 |
2019-01-25 3.29am UTC |
| Market Cap |
US$ 114,080,724 |
2019-01-25 3.29am UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking |
#43 (-2) |
2019-01-25 3.29am UTC |
| No. of Whales |
37 (n/c) |
2019-01-23 |
| No. of Orcas |
318 (n/c) |
2019-01-23 |
| No. of Dolphins |
1976 (-1) |
2019-01-23 |
| No. of Minnows |
9114 (+3) |
2019-01-23 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) |
#4204 (-9) |
2019-01-24 5:41pm UTC |
Follow 
Hive account@penguinpablo for more statistics.
NEWS FROM STEEMIT INC
Hive account@steemitblog - Steemit’s New Direction
Hive account@steemitblog - Steemit, Inc. Leadership Changes
Hive account@elipowell - Meet Steemit, Inc.’s New Managing Director
Hive account@ned - The Guiding Mission, Vision and Values of Steemit, Inc
NEWS FROM THE STEEM ALLIANCE
Hive account@steemalliance - Working Group Election Process | Important Town Hall Election Information
Hive account@steemalliance - Update To Townhall Elections | What Exactly Is A "Working Group" And How Do We Nominate?
Hive account@steemalliance - Steem Alliance Working Group | Community Town Hall Elections Jan. 27th 1pm EST
Hive account@steemalliance - Final Dev Slack Transcript | New Open To The Public Home For Steem Alliance Group
NEWS FROM THE WITNESSES
#1 
Hive account@aggroed - Steem Witness Forum with expected guests @elipowell and @andrarchy
#20 
Hive account@anyx - Updated Witness Application
#36 
Hive account@blockbrothers / 
Hive account@exyle - Should you work for free?
#40 
Hive account@arcange - SteemSQL - Planned maintenance
#41 
Hive account@jackmiller - Making It Work: The Steem Ecosystem. "THINKING OUT OF THE BOX"! (Part Two)
#48 
Hive account@firepower - Using CoinGecko To Keep Up With The Crypto Markets
#56 
Hive account@holger80 - steemrewarding.com - a new feature rich auto voter
#59 
Hive account@helpie - Witness Configuration Leads to Missed Blocks
#62 
Hive account@bobinson - An essay on hard forks & the blockchain of emotions
#65 
Hive account@guiltyparties - Userbase Skills Matrix
#66 
Hive account@steemgigs / 
Hive account@surpassinggoogle - When Steemians Will Do Everything, Just To Make You Smile!
#68 
Hive account@justyy - Simple Video Downloader 3.0.9 - Extract the Links + Add WhichAV Site
#68 Hive account@justyy - Witness Update: Node Upgraded to 0.20.9!
#92 
Hive account@bitrocker2020 - The Settlements Co-Working Space in Penang
To keep up to date with more posts from witnesses follow 
Hive account@witnesspage ...
NEWS FROM KEY PLAYERS & INFLUENCERS
Hive account@clayboyn - Help STEEM get listed on ABCC Exchange
Hive account@gadrian - Movement is better than stagnation. Much better!
Hive account@impactn - READ! VOTE! RESTEEM! Your opinion is valuable for the development of a joint marketing and PR-strategy for Steem
Hive account@knircky - My thoughts about steemit powerdown
Hive account@mericanhomestead - Steemit Starts NEW! - FINALLY!
Hive account@mindtrap - 13 weeks for a full powerdown. Is it really attractive?
Hive account@nateaguila - Free Stuff For Waving Your Flag
Hive account@surfermarly - "60 Seconds of Steem" - Launching A Crowdsourced Marketing Campaign on DTube & Calling For Video Ad Creators! - $1,000 Steem in Sponsored Prizes
Hive account@tarazkp - Developing a development fund
Hive account@taskmaster4450 - Why @jesta Is Wrong About Steemit Being An "Unaccountable Actor"
NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
Hive account@homesteaderscoop - Vendor Review Contest Wrapup - Three Submissions and Three Winners!
Hive account@ramblingradio / Hive account@shadowspub - 11th Witness Chat in The Ramble Recording
Hive account@sc-v - Steemchurch Venezuela: Present In The Sos Action Plan, Invites The Entire Community To Participate In The "Build A Strategy Steem" Contest
Steem Merchants / 
Hive account@rutablockchain - Steem Merchants. Golden Donuts (Eng - Esp)
NEWS FROM EVENTS & MEETUPS
24 FEBRUARY 2019 - MALAYSIA, PENANG
Hive account@bitrocker2020 - Steem Sharing Bootcamp / The Settlements Co-Working Space in Penang
30 MARCH 2019 - USA, MINNEAPOLIS
Hive account@ddrfr33k - Let's plan another Minneapolis Meetup!
6 APRIL 2019 - UK, LEICESTER
Hive account@steemcampuk / 
Hive account@lloyddavis - SteemCampUK 2 is coming to Leicester
Hive account@steemcampuk / 
Hive account@shanibeer - SteemCampUK 2 - Growing an Audience of Smart Investors
17 - 19 MAY 2019 - SPAIN, BARCELONA
Hive account@dtube.forum - The Slogan of the DTube Forum 2019 Barcelona
1 - 5 DECEMBER 2019 - LIMA, PERU
Hive account@steemfiesta - SteemFIESTA 2019 - The First Five Days of DECEMBER - Summer in the South!
NEWS FROM GAMES
TwinForge / 
Hive account@grid9games - TwinForge is getting a website so we can automate everything
NEWS FROM DAPPS, APPS & DEVS
Hive account@onelovedtube / 
Hive account@tanbay - Step-by-step guide to host your DTube videos with OneLoveIPFS // Exclusive DTube Video 273
Steem-Roller / 
Hive account@klye - Accepting Applications for Steem-Roller Closed Beta Testers!
SteemSQL / Hive account@arcange - SteemSQL - Planned maintenance
SteemWorld / 
Hive account@xpilar - Get to know "SteemWorld" Built with ♥ by @steemchiller
Utopian / 
Hive account@apshamilton - Utopian CEO @elear pitching to investors in Tel Aviv
Hive account@vimm - Streaming 101: Building your brand
If you want to check on progress of development on Steem, check out the GitHub here...
If you want to check on the current list of full API Nodes witness Hive account@holger80 provides this via 
Hive account@fullnodeupdate...
MEDIA COVERAGE OF STEEM & STEEMIT INC
BlockTribune - Blockchain Content Platform Steemit Names Elizabeth Powell As Managing Director
BTC Manager - Steemit Looks to Start Afresh with Elizabeth Powell as Newly-Appointed CEO
Financial Report 24 - Steemit’s Hivemind goes Live
TechCrunch - Steemit, crypto’s answer to Reddit, gets a new boss to rebuild after widespread layoffs
This is #53 (24 Jan '19) of this daily news service.
Please let me know of any important posts or key data that should be included. Comment below or message me on Discord Pennsif#9921
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