OSM Now Pajamas Media Again

James Joyner | Tuesday, November 22, 2005

The five-day-old company formerly known as Pajamas Media, Open Source Media, and OSM is changing its name back to Pajamas Media.

OSM - Excuse us while we change back into our pajamas

At our swanky launch party in the Rainbow Room at New York’s Rockefeller Center on November 16, we changed out of our “pajamas” both literally and figuratively. We went from being www.pajamasmedia.com to OSM™ Media, LLC, the OSM being short for Open Source Media. And oh, what a drubbing we took. Many, many readers pointed out to us that OSM™ was an oxymoron; the open source tech community expressed concern; and a very fine gentleman named Christopher Lydon at Open Source (www.radioopensource.org) politely pointed out that we might be trampling on his space. (We’re sending him a pair of warm, fuzzy slippers, a heartfelt apology, and his name back, as we speak.)

All of which, as it turns out, has led us to make a change for the better. We are re-assuming our identity as Pajamas Media. (Just give us a few days to sort the technical issues out.) In short, the whole experience of being caught with our pajamas down has been a bit embarrassing, but in the end, when we realized we could get our beloved name back, we were overjoyed. So a warm, hearty thanks to all of you who expressed your displeasure with our phony identity.

You’re welcome.

Previously:

Open Source (Pajamas) Media: An Early Assessment
Open Source Media Copyright
Judy Miller Addresses Lowly Bloggers
Pajamas Media Now Open Source Media
Pajamas Media Hits the Mainstream Media

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Well, that's a relief.

Posted by Laurence Simon | November 22, 2005 | 09:12 am | Permalink

 

Pajamas are more comfortable anyway.

Posted by McGehee | November 22, 2005 | 10:04 am | Permalink

 

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