Welcome to Markets Media
Dear Readers,
Markets Media covers the complex interrelationships among the key decision makers at hedge funds, broker-dealers, money managers, pension funds, endowments, exchanges, alternative trading systems, capital markets, vendors and regulators in a dynamic marketplace where everyone's role is constantly evolving. Markets Media is a single platform with an online daily news service, a monthly magazine and conferences that provides essential information, thought leadership and networking for all market participants from the C-suite to the trading floor.
The first issue of Markets Media magazine, published in March 2008, won the American Society of Business Publication Editors Editorial Excellence Silver Award for New Publication. Markets Media's editorial mission to examine the blurring of boundaries across sectors and asset classes is constantly re-affirmed amid unprecedented events and government intervention.
A dedicated staff of enterprising reporters and writers delves deep into the issues that impact the players who make and move the markets. Markets Media is committed to providing unique and original content that spans all asset classes and aims to offer insights and new perspectives. Maintaining the highest editorial standards, Markets Media goes beyond breaking news to make bold predictions and ask tough questions. We are committed to seeking out the best and the brightest, revealing the strategies that thrive even in the most volatile market environment and putting into perspective what went wrong to better navigate the future. In print, online and live, Markets Media is driven by content.
FOUNDERS
Mohan Virdee, CEO and Co-Founder of Markets Media, has spent more than 13 years in the financial publishing industry, including four years at Euromoney Institutional Investor as associate publisher and then publisher. Mohan joined Financial News in February 2000, and in February 2001, he opened the London-based company's New York office. As President of U.S. Operations, Mohan took the lead in launching new products for the North American market, including Financial News Online U.S., a daily online news service, and a successful conference business. The Financial News office in New York, a fully incorporated entity in the U.S., employed 16 people under his leadership. In May 2007, when Financial News was acquired by Dow Jones, Mohan played a key role in the sale and post-sale integration as part of the Management Committee.
David Griffiths, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Markets Media, has been involved in the financial publishing industry for nearly a decade. He joined Financial News Group in 2000, as advertising sales manager for the recruitment sector and helped establish the client base for eFinancialCareers before taking over print and online sales for Financial News in 2002. David was instrumental in growing Financial News Online, both from an advertising and content perspective. After leading the re-brand of FNO in continental Europe, he joined Mohan in New York to set up Financial News Online U.S. in 2005. By year end 2005, the U.S. site had grown to 35,000 unique users and global online revenue continued to grow incrementally under his leadership. David's role diversified with more emphasis on North America. As Head of U.S. Sales, he was responsible for conference sponsorship sales as well as print and global online revenue.
EDITORIAL
Riley McDermid, Online Editor, oversees daily operations of marketsmediaonline.com and contributes as a reporter to the magazine. Riley joined Markets Media as a Senior Reporter in the summer of 2008 from Dow Jones/MarketWatch in New York, where she covered banking and wrote the daily financials column. Before moving to New York, Riley was editorial director for New South Publishing and a stringer on the crime reporting beat for The Associated Press in Oxford, Miss. She is an active member of the New York Press Club and has won awards from the Magazine Association of the Southeast, the Mississippi Press Association and the Atlanta Press Club, and was a finalist for the national collegiate Pacemaker Prize for excellence in news reporting. Riley graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in print journalism and Portuguese. She can be reached at riley@marketsmediallc.com or 646.442.4651.
Steven Marlin, Senior Reporter, covers a broad range of financial markets and market participants, including institutional investors, hedge funds, exchanges, broker-dealers, investment companies, advisers, and regulators. Prior to joining Markets Media in 2009, he spent 10 years at CMP, where he worked in a variety of editorial capacities for several brands including InformationWeek, Bank Systems & Technology, and Global Services. He can be reached at steve@marketsmediallc.com or 646.442.4648.
Markets Media Live
Conference Coordinator Danielle Hall oversees all marketing and conference logistics for MML events. Danielle joined Markets Media for its launch in January 2008, bringing years of experience in the hospitality industry. Prior to joining Markets Media, she worked at The Paige Restaurant Group, a full service event planning and management consulting firm in New York, where she planned, oversaw and executed large scale events while maintaining lasting relationships through strong customer relations. Danielle earned a degree in business management from the University of Molloy in 2006.
