| John Battelle | |
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| Born | 1967 Pasadena, California |
| Occupation | Blogger/Author/Professor |
| Spouse | Michelle Battelle |
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| http://battellemedia.com/ | |
John Linwood Battelle (born 1967) is a journalist as well as founder and chairman of Federated Media Publishing.[1] He is a visiting professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley and also maintains Searchblog, a weblog covering search, technology, and media.[2]
Battelle is one of the original founders of Wired magazine, the founder and the CEO of The Industry Standard magazine and website, and "band manager" of the collaborative weblog Boing Boing. He has also written for Business 2.0 and is program chair for the Web 2.0 conference. He studied at Chandler School, Polytechnic School and the University of California, Berkeley, earning both a B.A. in Anthropology in 1987, and a M.Jour. (Masters in Journalism) in 1992.
Battelle has the experience in the subjects of searching and has been on most of the news stations like CNN, Fox News, ABC, CBS, Etc. He is a board leader for his children's school. He currently lives in Ross California, and he used to live in Kentfield California.
Since 2004, Battelle has been the co-moderator, along with Tim O'Reilly, of the annual Web 2.0 Summit, originally known as the "Web 2.0 Conference".
In 2005, Battelle published The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture, chronicling the rise of online search engines and, specifically, Google. The book was a International Best Seller. It has been translated in 26 different languages.
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He won the "Global Leader for Tomorrow" in the World Economic Forum. He is called one of the most important person online by PC World Magazine He also has won "Young Global Leader."In Switzerland he also won the "Entrepreneur of the Year" and has been called a innovator.