Jim Lanzone

James "Jim" Lanzone (born January 20, 1971) is an American businessman and the current president and CEO of CBS Interactive as well as the Chief Digital Officer of CBS, which operates key websites including CNET, CBS.com, GameSpot, CBS News, Metacritic, CBS Sports, Chow, MaxPreps.com, TVGuide.com, and many others. He took over as President from Neil Ashe in March 2011.[2] Prior to joining CBS Interactive, Lanzone was the CEO of Clicker.com, the complete guide to internet television.[3] Clicker launched in beta at TechCrunch50 on September 14, 2009 and was acquired by CBS in March 2011.[4]

Jim Lanzone
Born
James Lanzone[1]

(1971-01-20) January 20, 1971
California, U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUCLA (Bachelor's degree)
Emory University School of Law (JD/MBA)
OccupationCBS Chief Digital Officer and President & CEO of CBS Interactive
EmployerCBS
Spouse(s)Shannon[1]

Lanzone graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1993.[5] He also holds a dual JD/MBA degree from Emory University School of Law and Emory University Business School.[6]

In 1997, Lanzone co-founded eTour, an early provider of information retrieval and cost-per-lead services on the Web. By 1998, eTour had become a top 50 website and the Web's #1 ranked site in user frequency (1998 & 1999).[7] Lanzone continued to serve as president of eTour until it was acquired by Ask.com in May 2001.

In addition to Ask.com's purchase of eTour, Lanzone was hired to lead product management, marketing and engineering, as senior vice president and general manager of Ask.com. Ask.com was purchased by Barry Diller's IAC in 2005, and shortly afterward, Jim Lanzone was named CEO of Ask.com. He held this position until leaving IAC/Ask.com in 2008 to join Redpoint Ventures as Entrepreneur in Residence.[8] Upon his departure, Barry Diller credited Lanzone as "the principal executive responsible for Ask.com's turnaround".[9] One of Lanzone's primary achievements as CEO was the overhaul and rebranding of AskJeeves (renamed Ask.com). Walt Mossberg praised the new site as being "richer and better organized than typical Google results",[10] and Chris Sherman of Search Engine Land called it the "Apple of Search".[11][12]

In addition to his role at CBS Interactive, Lanzone serves as an advisor at Gigya and Ustream. He is also an investor in such companies as Tasty Labs and Aardvark (Search Engine)|Aardvark.[13][14][15]

See also

References
  1. Thompson (editor), Clifford (January 2008). Current Biography Yearbook (2007, with index 2001-2007). H. W. Wilson Company. ISBN 9780824210847.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. Caroline McCarthy (2011-03-04). "CBS Interactive Hires Jim Lanzone as President". CNET. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  3. Brian Lam (2009-09-14). "Clicker: Like TV Guide for Web Video". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  4. "CBS Acquires TV Guide For Online Video Clicker, Jim Lanzone Named President Of CBS Interactive". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  5. "Entrepreneurship in Technology - An Evening w/ George Abe + All-Alumni Panel". UCLA Anderson. Apr 8, 2010. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
  6. Jim Lanzone; as told to Patricia R. Olsen (July 29, 2007). "I Fought the Law". The New York Times. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  7. "The Man Who Survived eTour, Grew Ask.com And Launched Clicker – with Jim Lanzone". Mixergy. 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  8. Barry Schwartz (2008-01-09). "Jim Safka To Replace Jim Lanzone As CEO Of Ask.com". Search Engine Land. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  9. SEO Roundtable profile
  10. Walt Mossberg (2006-03-30). "Ask.Com's New Look Scores Big Points Against Search Rivals". All Things Digital. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  11. Chris Sherman (2007-09-07). "Search in the Year 2010". Search Engine Land. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  12. Greg Sterling (2007-06-04). "Ask Relaunches: Now Ask 3D". Search Engine Land. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  13. This Week in Startups
  14. Search Engine Land article on Aardvark on investors
  15. AngelList: Tasty Labs
Business positions
Preceded by
Neil Ashe		 CBS Interactive president and CEO
2011–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
n/a		 Clicker CEO
2009–2011		 Succeeded by
n/a
Preceded by
Steve Berkowitz		 Ask.com CEO
2006–2008		 Succeeded by
Jim Safka
Preceded by
n/a		 eTour
1997-2001		 Succeeded by
n/a
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