Lawrence S. Kramer

Lawrence S. Kramer became a Director in March 2009. Mr. Kramer is a media consultant and an adjunct professor of Media Management at Syracuse University. He was Senior Adviser at Polaris Venture Partners, a national venture capital firm from January 2008 until January 2010.

From March 2005 to November 2006, he was President of CBS Digital Media and continued to act as an adviser to CBS until April 2008. From 1997 until its sale to Dow Jones in January 2005, he was Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of MarketWatch, Inc.

He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Discovery Communications, Answers.com, BlackArrow, Inc. and Harvard Business School Publishing, and serves on the Advisory Boards to the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, Minyanville, Crossboarders.tv, Newser.com and Jib Jab Media Inc.

Previously, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of Xinhua Finance Media. He was a founding Board member and former Chairman of The Online Publishers Association. Mr. Kramer received his B.S. from Syracuse University and his M.B.A. from Harvard University.