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Bill Allman’s Summary
Bill Allman is the Vice President of E-Media for www.Bonniercorp.com, one of the largest collection of "passion-oriented" and enthusiast brands in the world, including www.Skinet.com, www.Saveur.com, www.Parenting.com; www.FieldandStream.com, www.PopSci.com, www. http://www.caribbeantravelmag.com/; http://www.waterskimag.com/ and more than 40 others.
Previously, Allman was Chief Content/Creative Officer for The HealthCentral Network, a network of Web sites, averaging more than 7MM Unique Visitors monthly.
Allman led major health portals such as www.healthsquare.com, www.drkoop.com, and www.healthscout.com, as well as dozens of newly-launched specialty sites focused on specific diseases and conditions.
Formerly Allman was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Interactive Media for Discovery.com, where his duties involved the strategic planning and day-to-day management of Discovery Communications, Inc.'s Web sites, as well as overseeing strategy and development for all ITV and Broadband applications.
Allman managed more than a dozen web sites for the Discovery Networks, including DiscoveryChannel.com, TLC.com, AnimalPlanet.com, TravelChannel.com, and DiscoveryHealth.com.
Previously, Allman was the founding general manager for the U.S. News & World Report's Web sites, and also responsible for launching U.S. News & World Report on Compuserve during the earliest days of Interactive Media. He was the host of the first live cybercast from the White House with then-Vice President Al Gore. Allman also developed U.S. News' first CD-ROM project, "Getting into College".
Allman began his career as a journalist, helping to create the award-winning magazine Science 80, a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He then moved to U.S. News & World Report as a senior writer and editor specializing in science and health.
Allman has a B.A. in English and a B.S. in Biology from Brown University.
