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Stephen Saunders is a British-born entrepreneur, journalist, and marketing professional. He is CEO of Light Reading, a media, communications, and events business, which he founded in 2000, sold to UBM in 2005, and repurchased in 2014.〔João-Pierre S. Ruth, "(Light Reading Co-Founder Stephen Saunders Gets Company Back from UBM )" ''Xconomy'' February 3, 2014〕 Formerly, he was Managing Director of UBM DeusM, an integrated marketing services division of UBM, launched in 2010.〔Matthew Schwartz, "UBM launches DeusM to help b-to-b publishers create online communities," (''B2B Media Business'' ), October 14, 2010〕 He has also written and edited guidebooks on data communications and networks.〔(UBM DeusM: About Us )〕 ==Start Ups== Saunders has been responsible for a number of online publishing start-ups, including: * Light Reading〔http://www.lightreading.com/〕 (telecommunications news); * Heavy Reading〔http://www.heavyreading.com/〕 (telecommunications research); * Dark Reading〔http://www.darkreading.com/〕 (security news) * Internet Evolution〔http://www.internetevolution.com/; Joanna Pettas, "(Internet Evolution )", ''Folio Magazine'' Jan 3, 2008〕 (news on the development of the Internet). Light Reading was bought by UBM for $33 million in 2005. Saunders initially remained as CEO, launching Internet Evolution later in 2005. In April, 2013, it was announced that Saunders would return to an executive role with Light Reading.〔"Founder Stephen Saunders Rejoins Light Reading," ''Wall Street Journal'', April 18, 2013〕 In March 2008, Saunders was inducted into (Min's Digital Media Hall of Fame ). In October 2014, he was named as a "disruptor" in the ''(Folio 100 )'', Folio magazine's annual list of the "magazine and media industry’s innovators, entrepreneurial thinkers and disrupters." According to Folio, after reacquiring Light Reading, "Saunders immediately made a few significant changes, including doubling the full-time staff, establishing a blogger roster of more than 75 industry experts and launching the Big Telecom Event (BTE) with no traditional booths and exhibitors, allowing only hands-on demos."〔"Stephen Saunders: Founder & CEO Light Reading" ''(Folio )'' Retrieved October 30, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Saunders (entrepreneur)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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