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Informa TechTarget
How a 1999 IT-help website and a British events conglomerate merged into a data machine that watches which technology buyers are ready to spend - and sells that knowledge back to the vendors chasing them.
Mike Solana
Mike Solana is the founder and editor-in-chief of Pirate Wires, the technology, politics, and culture publication that became required reading inside Silicon Valley's investor class. He doubles as Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President at Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, where he runs the firm's creative output, including the Anatomy of Next podcast and the Hereticon conference for ideas that get exiled from polite conversation. The Atlantic dubbed him 'the most opinionated man in America.' Operating from Miami, he writes and broadcasts a contrarian, often combative take on tech, the press, and California governance.
Eric Newcomer
Eric Newcomer is the founder of Newcomer, an independent newsletter and media company covering venture capital and startups from his perch in Brooklyn. A Harvard-trained philosopher turned tech journalist, he broke some of the biggest stories of the Uber era at Bloomberg before quitting in 2020 to build his own media business. His newsletter now generates over $3M in annual revenue, runs an invite-only AI summit called Cerebral Valley, and gives readers what he calls 'Your Seat at the Cap Table.'
Simon Owens
Simon Owens is a Washington, DC-based media industry journalist, newsletter writer, and podcast host who runs Simon Owens's Media Newsletter on Substack. Known for deep-dive reporting on how publishers create, distribute, and monetize digital content, he has interviewed over 1,000 media entrepreneurs and built one of the most-followed independent media newsletters, with 38,000+ Substack followers and 61,000+ LinkedIn followers. His work covers the creator economy, subscription models, local news, and the evolving business of digital publishing.