Alan Marshall Meckleris an American internet pioneer and publishing executive. He was the founder and Chairman of Mecklermedia Corporation until the company was acquired by Penton Media in November 1998, and founded several print magazines including Virtual Reality World, CDrom World, and Internet World. Until August 2014, he had been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mediabistro Inc. whose media assets were sold to Prometheus Global Partners, leaving a company renamed MecklerMedia Corporation which is producing trade shows world-wide in...
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