Michael Friedenberg was an American media executive and the president of Reuters, the international news organization owned by Thomson Reuters.[1][2]
Education
editMichael Friedenberg graduated in 1989 with a BS in business finance from the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics.[3][4]
Career
editEarly career
editFriedenberg started his career as an account executive selling ads to tech companies.[4] He later joined United Business Media, working in various sales management positions. In 1999, he was appointed to vice president and publisher of InformationWeek, and later vice president and group publisher of the InformationWeek Media Network and co-founder of Optimize magazine. In this role, he managed multiple brands across print, online, events and research services. Friedenberg’s career also includes work with Cardinal Business Media and vertical publications at HP Professional, Midrange Systems and DEC Professional.[5]
International Data Group
editHe was named President and CEO of IDG Enterprise in 2009 to oversee IDG’s brands, websites, products and services.[6][7] In August 2013, he joined IDG Communications U.S. as CEO. He was appointed Global CEO of IDG Communications in November 2013, a role he held until October 2017 when he stepped down became an IDG Board Member.[8][5]
Thomson Reuters
editFriedenberg joined Thomson Reuters as president of Reuters News in December 2018, where he led all aspects of the company’s media business and operations.[9] He led the acquisition of FC Business Intelligence (FCBI) in 2019, a global business-to-business events specialist, now called Reuters Events.[10] He was replaced by Paul Bascobert in September 2022.
References
edit- ^ "Journalist jobs to go at Reuters news agency in global review of newsrooms". pressgazette.co.uk. Press Gazette. December 10, 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "About". Reuters News Agency. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ "Articles by Michael Friedenberg". CIO. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ a b Entrepreneurship, Horn. "The Cost of Free Press with Michael Friedenberg". horn.udel.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ a b "Michael Friedenberg". CIO. IDG Communications. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "IDG : Michael Friedenberg". IDG. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ Seave, Ava. "Tech Publisher IDG Transforming Itself From Within As It Braces For Sale Or Breakup". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ "IDG's Friedenberg looks ahead". adage.com. 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ Barber, Kayleigh (2019-10-18). "Business publishers are seeing events as a top growth area". Digiday. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ Business, P. M. N. (2019-10-04). "Reuters News moves into events business with FCBI deal | Financial Post". Retrieved 2019-11-05.
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