President and Chief Product Officer at DailyMe Inc.
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
- Current
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- President and Chief Product Officer at DailyMe Inc.
- Past
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- VP, Editor in Chief at Yahoo! News, Sports and Finance
- General Manager, News at Yahoo!
- VP, Editor in Chief, News, Finance, Sports at Yahoo! News
- Owner at The Neil Budde Group (Sole Proprietorship)
- VP and Chief Product Officer / Publisher, The Wall Street Journal Online at Dow Jones
- Vice President, Editor and Publisher, WSJ.com at The Wall Street Journal Online / Dow Jones
- Vice President, Dow Jones Interactive Publishing at Dow Jones
- Editor, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition at Dow Jones
- Deputy Editorial Director, Dow Jones Information Services at Dow Jones
- Associate Editor, Dow Jones Information Services at Dow Jones
- Reporter/Editor at USA Today / Gannett
- Various positions at The Louisville Courier-Journal
- Education
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- University of Louisville
- Western Kentucky University
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Neil Budde’s Summary
More than 30 years of experience in newspaper and online publishing, ranging from news and content development to product design and management to business and strategy development and advertising models.
Neil Budde’s Specialties:
Editor and publisher with strong online news product development experience.
Neil Budde’s Experience
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President and Chief Product Officer
DailyMe Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
DailyMe is changing the way news is read and delivered with its advanced news experience that meets the needs of modern-day consumers by combining the best of journalism, technology, and community.
We empower users to choose the mix of top quality news and information that’s relevant and interesting to them and then we deliver it in whatever format the user wants – on the web, via email, on mobile devices and even in personalized print newsletters.
DailyMe is the next movement in news. -
VP, Editor in Chief
Yahoo! News, Sports and Finance
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; yhoo; Online Media industry)
January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year)
Top editor overseeing all content and editorial operations for Yahoo! News, Finance and Sports – the leaders in all three categories. Fostered deep partnerships with major news organizations and other media outlets, including as the Yahoo! lead for the content team working with Newspaper Consortium.
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General Manager, News
Yahoo!
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; yhoo; Online Media industry)
November 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 3 months)
Built Yahoo! News into the Internet’s dominant No. 1 news site (more than 8 million unique visitor lead over MSNBC as measured by Comscore). Grew revenues 153% in two years (to $58.8MM in 2006). Expanded video content through partnerships with ABC, CBS (including O&O station group), BBC and CNN, surpassing 100 million monthly streams. Championed product innovations such as award-winning Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone, local news aggregation features and citizen journalism effort You Witness News.
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VP, Editor in Chief, News, Finance, Sports
Yahoo! News
(Online Media industry)
2004 — 2007 (3 years)
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Owner
The Neil Budde Group (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
January 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 11 months)
Consultant helping media companies on strategy and implementation of online publishing initiatives with emphasis on integrating online and offline operations. Projects have included development and implementation of paid content strategy, development of e-recruitment offering for vertical publisher, local search advertising research. Joined board of directors of Surfline.com, a leading action sports media company.
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VP and Chief Product Officer / Publisher, The Wall Street Journal Online
Dow Jones
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; dj; Online Media industry)
June 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 7 months)
Provided overall direction and leadership to The Wall Street Journal Online’s 200-person team producing the largest paid-circulation news site on the Internet. Developed consumer electronic product strategies, including new vertical offerings, additional premium services, new advertising approaches, corporate sales programs and mobile platform strategies. Directed two-year, $28 million project to redesign, rebuild and relaunch the site, increasing frequency and length of visits, enhancing ad sales opportunities and improving efficiency and scalability of systems. Reduced operating losses for five straight quarters, reaching cash-flow-positive status.
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Vice President, Editor and Publisher, WSJ.com
The Wall Street Journal Online / Dow Jones
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DJ; Online Media industry)
February 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 5 months)
Grew paid subscriber base to more than 600,000 and revenues to $50 million in 2000 (up 62%). Directed the work of news, product development, design, technology, ad sales, marketing and circulation managers. Directed international expansion, including offices in London, Brussels and Hong Kong and Spanish-language site for Latin America. Oversaw cost containment effort that included 20% reduction in workforce following decline of online advertising market.
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Vice President, Dow Jones Interactive Publishing
Dow Jones
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DJ; Online Media industry)
May 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 10 months)
In addition to prior responsibilities for news operations and overall product direction of The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, added responsibilities for WSJ.com brand extensions in other Web products, international expansion and radio news operations. Oversaw team responsible for development of dowjones.com business portal site and companion sites covering careers, travel, real estate and small business. Evaluated new technologies.
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Editor, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
Dow Jones
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DJ; Online Media industry)
November 1993 — May 1998 (4 years 7 months)
Charged with taking my vision of Interactive Journal from concept to reality. Formed team to handle design and development of proprietary software. Oversaw refinement of prototypes, consumer testing of concepts and design and functional requirements for product. Led effort to move product plans to Web in early 1995. Directed design and development of initial Web product, Money & Investing Update, launched in July 1995. Spearheaded evolution to full Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, launched in April 1996. Oversaw news operations, design and technology staffs. Negotiated content deals and technology contracts with third parties.
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Deputy Editorial Director, Dow Jones Information Services
Dow Jones
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DJ; Online Media industry)
September 1988 — November 1993 (5 years 3 months)
Responsible for operations of 75-person department handling news and data preparation for Dow Jones News/Retrieval. Oversaw design and development of information products. Directed project to deploy massively parallel computers in first commercial natural-language searching system. Led product team in evaluation and selection of text-searching system. Began initial work on concept of an online edition of The Wall Street Journal, including creation of prototypes and development of business plan.
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Associate Editor, Dow Jones Information Services
Dow Jones
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DJ; Online Media industry)
August 1987 — September 1988 (1 year 2 months)
Coordinated product development efforts and directed work of project managers. Reviewed all product specifications. Oversaw early planning for EDGAR project.
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Reporter/Editor
USA Today / Gannett
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GCI; Newspapers industry)
September 1986 — August 1987 (1 year)
Covered financial markets and personal finance topics as both reporter and assignment editor.
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Various positions
The Louisville Courier-Journal
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
April 1978 — September 1986 (8 years 6 months)
Rose from copy editor to Associate Editor of Sunday Magazine to Assistant Business Editor. Directed the start-up of new weekly section on local business and personal finance.
Neil Budde’s Education
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University of Louisville
MBA , Business , May 1984
Graduated with "high honors."
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Western Kentucky University
B.A. , Journalism, Economics , 1974 — 1977
Summa cum laude
- Activities and Societies:
- College Heights Herald
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Neil Budde’s Interests:
Golf, tennis, skiing, photography, travel.
Neil Budde’s Honors:
In 2005, inducted into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni of Western Kentucky University.
In 2002, named one of four finalists for the World Technology Awards in the category of Media and Journalism.
In 1998, named Business Journalist of the Year by TJFR (a newsletter covering business journalism).
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