Larry Schwartz Email & Phone Number

Larry Schwartz is a co-founder of Newstex, LLC and President of the company. Larry has guided numerous entertainment and new media ventures, from start-up through growth, development and maturity, including Bolenka Games Online (Trivial Pursuit® Online), GFI Group (financial), Wizard World (publishing), Patron Technology (technology) and Tickets.com (Nasdaq:TIXX - entertainment). Previously, Larry built New Net Companies into one of the Northeast's preeminent e-business solution providers. He was also president and CEO of Auctions.com, which he co-created with the Times Mirror Co. and co-owners Gannett, Knight-Ridder, The New York Times Company, Tribune Company, and The Washington Post Company. Larry was featured in the official history of eBay, “The Perfect Store”, by Adam Cohen, which detailing his exploits of attempting to purchasing eBay for Times Mirror and then competing against eBay on behalf of the newspapers.Larry attended Bates College and the Yale University Graduate School of Drama. He is on the board of the Software & Information Industry Association Content Division, and is a frequent speaker on News and Content Management,start-ups and turnarounds. When he’s not adding value to content, Larry was on the board of the Connecticut Horse Show Association (CHSA - www.chsaonline.com) and formerly a show manger for hunter/jumper horse shows. Larry, a confirmed gadget geek, also spends time on Broadway with his theatrical agent wife and two daughters.Specialties: Scholarly Blogs, Startups, Management Consulting, Content Management, News, Social Media, Theater and Entertainment, Horses, Hunter/Jumper.

Listed skills include Digital Media, E Commerce, Strategic Partnerships, Start Ups, and 14 others.