2006 Speakers

Jon Fine

Media Columnist
BusinessWeek

Jon Fine is the writer of BusinessWeek's weekly media column, "Media Centric."

Prior to joining BusinessWeek, Mr. Fine was the media reporter for Advertising Age, where he covered the magazine and newspaper industries. Previously, his freelance articles on subjects ranging from heavy rock to cheating techniques in professional sports, appeared in GQ, Spin, ESPN The Magazine, and Columbia Journalism Review, among others.

Mr. Fine has appeared, or been quoted on a broad range of media-related issues on media outlets including CNN, Entertainment Tonight, National Public Radio, and the New York Times. Between 1995 and 1998 he wrote the Pushing 30 column for Newsday.

Mr. Fine is a graduate of Oberlin College.