Kourosh Karimkhany

Past

• Vice President, Corporate Development at CondeNet
• General Manager at Wired Digital
• Editor at Gawker Media

• Consulting editor, product manager at Self-employed (Self-employed)
• Senior Producer at Yahoo
• Content Officer at govWorks
• Business Editor at Wired Digital
• Reporter at Reuters
• Reporter at Bloomberg

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Education

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
• University of California, Irvine
• capistrano valley high school

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Connections

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Industry

Media Production

Kourosh Karimkhany’s Summary

Online media jack-of-all trades. I've worked as an editor, product manager, business development executive and mergers and acquisitions strategist. I'm a big believer in the future of the industry, despite the short-term turmoil.

Kourosh Karimkhany’s Specialties:

Online product development and management, new media mergers and acquisitions.

Kourosh Karimkhany’s Experience

• Vice President, Corporate Development

  CondeNet

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Online Media industry)

  February 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 10 months)

  Head of business, corporate development for CondeNet.

• General Manager

  Wired Digital

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  July 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 4 months)

• Editor

  Gawker Media

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

• Consulting editor, product manager

  Self-employed (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Media Production industry)

  September 2002 — February 2006 (3 years 6 months)

  Helped clients plan, launch and maintain online media products. Clients included Yahoo, Lycos, Gawker Media

• Senior Producer

  Yahoo

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; yhoo; Online Media industry)

  September 2000 — August 2002 (2 years )

  Served as the senior producer of Yahoo News & Weather.

• Content Officer

  govWorks

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Services industry)

  August 1999 — June 2000 (11 months)

  Served as the chief content strategist.

• Business Editor

  Wired Digital

  (Media Production industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year )

• Reporter

  Reuters

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Media Production industry)

  September 1996 — June 1998 (1 year 10 months)

  Served as Silicon Valley correspondent.

• Reporter

  Bloomberg

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Media Production industry)

  August 1993 — August 1996 (3 years 1 month)

  Served as technology reporter.

Kourosh Karimkhany’s Education

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

  1992 — 1993

• University of California, Irvine

  BA , Economics , 1987 — 1991

• capistrano valley high school

  1983 — 1987

Additional Information

Kourosh Karimkhany’s Groups:

•    Columbia Journalism Alumni
•    brainmates - Product Management People

Kourosh Karimkhany’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
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