Alan Meckler

Alan Marshall Meckler (born 1945) is an American internet pioneer and publishing executive.[1] Meckler started his own publishing business in 1971 which evolved into Mecklermedia Corporation in the 1990s until the company was acquired by Penton Media in November 1998,[2] and founded several print magazines including Virtual Reality World, CD-ROM World, and Internet World.[3][4] Mediabistro was purchased in 2007 and later sold to Prometheus Global Media in 2014.[5] Currently Meckler is CEO of 3DR Holdings LLC based in New York City which offers news coverage of the additive manufacturing fields and quantum computing through websites and trade shows.[6]

  1. ^ Jones, Bradley (2008). Web 2.0 Heroes: Interviews with 20 Web 2.0 Influencers, pp. 15-28. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-470-24199-3
  2. ^ Reference Press (1996). Hoover's Guide to Computer Companies. Hoover's Business Press. pp. 320–. ISBN 9781878753809.
  3. ^ Malik, Om (4 January 1999). "Internet.com IPO in the cards". Forbes
  4. ^ Profile: Alan Meckler. Forbes
  5. ^ "Mediabistro Editorial Assets Acquired by Prometheus Global Media for $8 Million". Mashable.
  6. ^ "BloombergRadio Interview With Alan Meckler: China's Lead In Quantum Computing Is Worrying". Retrieved 2022-07-12.