Globalsocial networking sitesbypatraditionalmediaandintermediaries (radio, TVnetworks) topresentnews and information by reaching directlyto the individual.
In 1995 he and a college pal jumped into the Internet, cofounding VerticalNet, (nasdaq: VERTD - news - people ) a Horsham, Pa. collection of Web sites with news and online marketplaces for industries like garbage and water treatment.