Mecklermedia

Mecklermedia Corporation
Company typePublic
Industryrecruitment, event promotion
PredecessorJupitermedia
FoundedWestport, Connecticut (1994)
Defunct2015
FateLiquidated
HeadquartersDarien, Connecticut, ,
United States
Key people
Alan M. Meckler, CEO/Director

Mecklermedia (formerly Internet.com LLC, Jupitermedia Inc., Mediabistro Inc. and WebMediaBrands Corporation) was a U.S.-based corporation. The original WebMediaBrands was established in 1994, and headquartered in New York. Founded by Alan M. Meckler and Tristan Louis, the company provided business-to-business (B2B) services for creative, business and information technology professionals, including recruitment and event promotion.

Until 2014, the company also operated a group of websites aimed towards the B2B market—particularly blogs covering various aspects of the media industry. In August 2014, Mediabistro sold its editorial properties to Prometheus Global Media, a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, for $8 million.

The company announced it would liquidate itself on December 22, 2015.

The Mediabistro brand and job board, which had been sold separately in 2014, continued to operate independently under subsequent ownership.