In May 2009 he announced on his blog that he is looking for a new CEO to take the company to the next level. He plans to remain very involved in the company.
Federated Media
He is a former journalist, author and entrepreneur. He is currently CEO of Federated Media.
John Battelle and Federated Media Publishing launched the website CrowdFire, a platform for uploading, sharing, remixing and archiving photos, video and blog posts from live music events.
Crowd Fire at San Francisco's Outside Lands.
He was the founder of The Industry Standard and a former editor of Wired. He also founded and is currently CEO of Federated Media.
John Battelle is an entrepreneur, journalist, professor, and author who has founded or co-founded businesses, magazines and websites. Battelle, 41, is also a founder and Executive Producer of the Web 2.0 conference and "band manager" with BoingBoing.net. Previously, Battelle was founder, Chairman, and CEO of Standard Media International (SMI), publisher of The Industry Standard and TheStandard.com. Prior to founding The Standard, Battelle was a co-founding editor of Wired magazine and Wired Ventures. John is currently the founder and Chairman of Federated Media.
John Battelle was born in 1965.
John Battelle was born in Pasadena, CA in 1967.
"Twitter is the YouTube of real-time search." -- John Battelle
His cat ate butter and John Battelle posted on Twitter that he was upset.
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