Samir Arora
Summary
Samir Arora (born November 5, 1965) is best known for being the founder, CEO and Chairman of the web design pioneering company NetObjects, Inc. from 1995–2001, and being the co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Glam Media since 2003. Samir Arora holds 13 US software patents as co-inventor.Samir Arora grew up in New Delhi, India, as the eldest son of a wealthy Indian family. His father ran a hotel-related business. Samir Arora attended a Jesuit high school at St. Xavier's, the executive management program at INSEAD Business School in France, and the executive education program at Harvard Business School. He holds a diploma in sales and marketing from the London Business School and studied electrical and electronic engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS).Samir Arora worked at Apple Computer in Software and New Media from 1983 to 1992, and moved to Cupertino, California, in 1986.Arora wrote a white paper called "Information Navigation: The Future of Computing" in late 1986, and worked on early Desktop Publishing, HyperCard and 4th Dimension systems.
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Getting Glam
Call it the makeover of Glam Media. Since its launch in 2005, Glam has been many things: a media company, a tech company, an ad network, an owner and operator of its own stable of diverse websites, including the epicurean destination Foodie, which hit last month. But now, it would appear Glam is all grown up and ready for its next phase.
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Glam Media Hires Exec From Anheuser-Busch InBev
Glam Media has named Erin Matts as the company’s svp and chief digital marketing officer. Matts had previously served as global director of digital connections at Anheuser-Busch InBev. Prior to that role, she served as chief digital officer at OMD.
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How Sharing Disrupts Media
I’m at DLD in Munich, where David Karp of Tumblr and Samir Arora of Glam Media helped me understand the way that media and publishing are evolving these days, and the way in which creating, editing, and publishing are increasingly separate things which interact with each other in fertile and unpredictable ways.
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Tumblr Blows Past 15 Billion Pageviews Per Month, Thumbing Nose At Old Media Thinking As It Goes
Founder and CEO David Karp spoke at the DLD conference in Munich this morning, where he reiterated some of the company's recent milestones:.
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WATCH LIVE: Rovio CMO Peter Vesterbacka On Angry Birds' World Domination
Day 2 of IGNITION: The Future of Media is underway right now in New York City, and we will be bringing you selected exclusive interviews live.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: How Glam Media Got The Advertising Industry In Its Pocket
Here is the must-watch interview for anyone in advertising, online media management and content creation.
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How the Internet is dividing publishers into two camps
Digital publishers have a choice: Embrace the search-driven, low-margin model and flood the Internet with as many pages of content as you can, or try to find a new market for high-margin, premium content supported by expensive ads. The latter approach is what Glam Media founder Samir Arora is trying to do.
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Has the Web content business divided into two content camps?
VentureBeat Venture Beat executive editor Dylan Tweney writes that the Internet is dividing into two camps: one embraced by Demand Media and another by Glam Media, founded by Samir Arora.
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IT'S OFFICIAL: We're Having Totally Awesome Speakers At IGNITION -- Join Us!
We have a whole bunch of awesome speakers, including a few who just signed on this week.
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Glam Media Buys Ning as Shortcut to Social
Online publisher and ad network Glam Media is buying seminal social networking platform Ning in a deal reportedly valued at $150 million. The acquisition will enable Glam to offer its network of publishers a selection of new social tools, including chat and photo uploading areas for reader interaction. The deal calls for CEO Jason Rosenthal to join Glam Media as executive vice president Social Media and general manager of Ning as it becomes a new division of Glam Media.
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