I have been in the publishing or media business since 1969. I started out in scholarly reprinting in 1969 and began my own business in 1971 with a journal that reviewed scholarly collections of microfiche and microfilm.

Perhaps 2500 different people have worked for me during this period of time. I have been fortunate that several individuals stayed with me for many years. One such person was Tony Abbott. Tony was my editor in chief at Meckler Publishing from 1980 to 1994. Tony is now one of the foremost childrens' book authors in the United States.

Recently one of the stalwarts from both Mecklermedia and Jupitermedia decided it was time to leave working with me and to start his own business. Chris Elwell will be leaving November 3.

Chris was hired in late 1996 to become General Manager of our fledgling Web site operations (then called Iworld.com). Chris had been in the print newsletter business when I hired him. I calculated that a newsletter publisher would comprehend my theories about the Internet being a vertical library of infinite topics. And I was right. Chris took to the task and is the man behind what JupiterWeb is today (a network of nearly 150 Web sites covering the Enterprise and IT with about 15 million unique visitors per month).

We wish Chris well. Thanks for a job well done.