Hearst, New York Times Digital Media Veteran Irvine Dies at 59

New York Times: Cella Irvine, a Silicon Alley pioneer who led About.com and other new media companies in New York starting in the early 1990s, died on Tuesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 59. The cause was thyroid cancer, her husband, Hart Hooton, said. Irvine’s career in the digital industry included stints at Hearst, the New York Times and Microsoft.