RE: The advertising community...: Blair
Actually, all of Starwave's contributions are still intact: ESPN.com, ABCNews.com, Mr. Showbiz, Wall of Sound, etc.
Starwave was kinda screwed from the start into working with DIS, though - since DIS bought ESPN and ESPN.com was at the time the most successful content site on the 'net, Disney made it impossible to strike a deal with anyone else.
They really wrung the life out of SEEK, though. I'm actually really starting to grieve over the coming loss of my GO.com start page and especially my GO Express Search (let alone all of the potential upside that kept me in this stock way, way too long)