Laurel Touby
Encyclopedia
Laurel Touby is a journalist
, digital publisher and entrepreneur
. She is best known as the founder of mediabistro.com
, the journalism and publishing resource site that she sold to Jupitermedia in 2007 for $23 million. She is married to Jon Fine, the media reporter for BusinessWeek
.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, digital publisher and entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
. She is best known as the founder of mediabistro.com
Mediabistro.com
Mediabistro.com is a Web site that publishes various blogs and job listings for journalists. The site was founded in 1993 by Laurel Touby as "a gathering place for professionals in journalism, publishing and other media-related industries in New York City", mediabistro.com has since grown into an...
, the journalism and publishing resource site that she sold to Jupitermedia in 2007 for $23 million. She is married to Jon Fine, the media reporter for BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek
Bloomberg Businessweek, commonly and formerly known as BusinessWeek, is a weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg L.P. It is currently headquartered in New York City.- History :...
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