Craig Forman
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Craig Forman is a media, technology and telecommunications executive and
former Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent
and bureau chief.
Inc., a leading location-based mobile commerce company that was acquired by EBay Inc. in April 2011. Forman joined the WHERE board in 2009. He currently is an investor and board member at social-television technology company Coincident TV and several other high-tech startups.
EarthLink Inc.'s executive vice president and president of its Access
and Audience division and chief product officer, Forman drove more than $1.2 billion in annual
revenue with responsibility for the internet service provider's Access,
PeoplePC, Voice, and Value-added Services businesses. He also led such
shared services as Operations, Information Technology and Customer
Support. Earthlink Inc.
is America's sixth-largest ISP, measured by
subscribers.
Forman joined EarthLink in March 2006 from Yahoo! Inc., where he headed
its Media and Information division from 2004. Forman's responsibilities
included most of the internet portal's leading properties including
Yahoo's News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, as well as its Health, Weather, Education, Kids, and
Astrology businesses.
for four years as CEO and co-founder of Success Television LLP and MyPrimeTime MyPrimeTime
Inc., a television production and venture-backed Internet company.
Forman and his team produced two business and lifestyle PBS television
series, "Great Entrepreneurs" and "Great Leaders," as well as broadband
programming and an award-winning Internet site targeted at 35-54
year-old baby boomers. Forman is non-executive chairman of Success
Television. "Great Entrepreneurs" was produced in association with WPBT WPBT
in south Florida.
Earlier, Forman served as a senior operating executive at Time Warner's
CNN Group and Time Inc. divisions, and at The Wall Street Journal/Dow
Jones. He also was a member of the management team that took early
search-engine Infoseek public. As VP at CNN Financial News, Forman led
the team that made CNNfn.com one of the leading financial websites, and
one of the first news sites to turn profitable. As VP-Worldwide
Development at Time Inc. New Media, Forman managed the Internet
businesses of Fortune and Money magazines while also serving as CEO of
Thrive, a healthy-living joint venture with AOL. He also played an influential role in helping Time Warner
develop a viable independent internet strategy before its troubled combination with AOL in 2000. Previously, as
Infoseek's
first editor and VP of Product Management, Forman helped
build one of the pioneering search engines.
manager, editor, bureau chief, and foreign correspondent at Dow Jones
and The Wall Street Journal. As director of DJ's Business Information
Services International unit, Forman helped develop the Online Journal
globally, and expanded the electronic-publishing division to over 50
countries. As Tokyo Bureau Chief of the Journal, Forman diversified the
output of the bureau into broadcast as well as print. While based in
London as the Journal's Deputy Bureau Chief, Forman was a member of the
1991 Persian Gulf War reporting team that was finalist for a Pulitzer Prize http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/International+Reporting.
and an undergraduate
degree from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
.
former Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent
Foreign correspondent
Foreign Correspondent may refer to:*Foreign correspondent *Foreign Correspondent , an Alfred Hitchcock film*Foreign Correspondent , an Australian current affairs programme...
and bureau chief.
Career and Sale of WHERE Inc. to Ebay Inc.
Forman was Executive Chairman and a member of the Board of Directors of WHEREWhere.com
Where, Inc. is a location-based media company in North America. Their main product is the WHERE consumer application, with over 3 million active users. It helps users discover, save and share local places by putting high quality local information at users’ fingertips and integrating promotional and...
Inc., a leading location-based mobile commerce company that was acquired by EBay Inc. in April 2011. Forman joined the WHERE board in 2009. He currently is an investor and board member at social-television technology company Coincident TV and several other high-tech startups.
Senior Operating Roles at Yahoo! Inc. and EarthLink Inc.
Prior, asEarthLink Inc.'s executive vice president and president of its Access
and Audience division and chief product officer, Forman drove more than $1.2 billion in annual
revenue with responsibility for the internet service provider's Access,
PeoplePC, Voice, and Value-added Services businesses. He also led such
shared services as Operations, Information Technology and Customer
Support. Earthlink Inc.
EarthLink
EarthLink , is an Internet service provider headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It claims 1.94 million subscribers.- Business :EarthLink provides a variety of Internet connection types, including dial-up, DSL, satellite, and cable. Both dial-up and high speed Internet access are available...
is America's sixth-largest ISP, measured by
subscribers.
Forman joined EarthLink in March 2006 from Yahoo! Inc., where he headed
its Media and Information division from 2004. Forman's responsibilities
included most of the internet portal's leading properties including
Yahoo's News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, as well as its Health, Weather, Education, Kids, and
Astrology businesses.
PBS Television and CNN Roles
As a business executive and entrepreneur, Forman's career has been at the intersection of media, technology, and telecommunications. Forman servedfor four years as CEO and co-founder of Success Television LLP and MyPrimeTime MyPrimeTime
Inc., a television production and venture-backed Internet company.
Forman and his team produced two business and lifestyle PBS television
series, "Great Entrepreneurs" and "Great Leaders," as well as broadband
programming and an award-winning Internet site targeted at 35-54
year-old baby boomers. Forman is non-executive chairman of Success
Television. "Great Entrepreneurs" was produced in association with WPBT WPBT
WPBT
WPBT is a PBS member public television station that serves the entire South Florida region, and even including portions of the Treasure Coast, the only television station to serve the entire metropolis...
in south Florida.
Earlier, Forman served as a senior operating executive at Time Warner's
CNN Group and Time Inc. divisions, and at The Wall Street Journal/Dow
Jones. He also was a member of the management team that took early
search-engine Infoseek public. As VP at CNN Financial News, Forman led
the team that made CNNfn.com one of the leading financial websites, and
one of the first news sites to turn profitable. As VP-Worldwide
Development at Time Inc. New Media, Forman managed the Internet
businesses of Fortune and Money magazines while also serving as CEO of
Thrive, a healthy-living joint venture with AOL. He also played an influential role in helping Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
develop a viable independent internet strategy before its troubled combination with AOL in 2000. Previously, as
Infoseek's
Infoseek
Infoseek was a popular search engine founded in 1994 by Steve Kirsch.Infoseek was originally operated by the Infoseek Corporation, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Infoseek was bought by The Walt Disney Company in 1998, and the technology was merged with that of the Disney-acquired Starwave...
first editor and VP of Product Management, Forman helped
build one of the pioneering search engines.
Early Career at The Wall Street Journal and Pulitzer Nomination
For 13 years prior to his joining Infoseek, Forman served as a generalmanager, editor, bureau chief, and foreign correspondent at Dow Jones
and The Wall Street Journal. As director of DJ's Business Information
Services International unit, Forman helped develop the Online Journal
globally, and expanded the electronic-publishing division to over 50
countries. As Tokyo Bureau Chief of the Journal, Forman diversified the
output of the bureau into broadcast as well as print. While based in
London as the Journal's Deputy Bureau Chief, Forman was a member of the
1991 Persian Gulf War reporting team that was finalist for a Pulitzer Prize http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/International+Reporting.
Education
Forman has a master's degree in law from Yale Law SchoolYale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
and an undergraduate
degree from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school has granted undergraduate A.B. degrees since 1930 and graduate degrees since 1948...
.