General Manager, TMZ.com

Alan Citron is general manager of TMZ.com, an entertainment news blog owned by Time Warner. In just six months, TMZ has become the #1 ranked entertainment news sites online, according to third party auditor Media Metrix, with more than 7.5 million unique visitors per month.

Alan has a deep background in transactional Internet services. After spending 12 years at the Los Angeles Times, he was the founding president of Ticketmaster Online. He was also chairman of Ticketmaster/Citysearch and president of USA Networks Interactive. Subsequently, Alan was the founding president of MusicNet and senior vice president of marketing at Movielink.

Alan holds a B.A. degree in communications from Loyola University.

• Workshop: The Future of Web Fame

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