Steven D. Rosenboro Named Vice President, General Counsel for CIMedia.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2000 Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) announced today that Steven D. Rosenboro has been promoted to vice president, general counsel. The announcement was made by Scott Whiteside, COO. In his new position, Rosenboro will continue to oversee all of CIMedia's legal matters, with a primary focus on technology, intellectual property, new media and Internet law transactions. He will also lead all policy issues associated with CIMedia's interests. "Steve is a proven leader with exceptional talent and experience in legal matters that are relevant to CIMedia," said Whiteside. "As the Internet continues to rapidly evolve, we will continue to rely on Steve's expertise and ability to guide us in our business decisions." Notably, Rosenboro represents CIMedia on the board of advisors of the Internet Alliance (Internet Alliance, Washington, DC, www.internetalliance.org) A membership association dedicated to promoting the Internet as the global marketplace for the 21st century. Its goal is to provide a consistent message to state and federal government that enables the Internet to benefit the (IA), the leading consumer Internet industry association representing the industry on the state, federal and international levels. Through public policy, advocacy, consumer outreach and strategic alliances, the IA is seeking to build the confidence and trust necessary for the Internet to become a leading global market medium of the 21st Century. Leading members of the IA include: America Online See AOL. , Bell Atlantic, Citibank, Cox Interactive Media, Deutsche Telekom, DLJDirect, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. WorldCom/UUNET, Microsoft and Prodigy. Prior to joining CIMedia as general counsel in August, 1998, Rosenboro was in-house counsel with Prodigy Communications, Inc. Before joining Prodigy, he was an associate at Brown Raysman Millstein Felder and Steiner LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . In that capacity, he specialized in computer law and new media transactions. Rosenboro also previously worked for Bertelsmann Music Group, legal and business affairs division, New York City. Before embarking on a legal career, he worked for Goldman Sachs & Co., where he served in their commodities division for five years. Rosenboro has spoken on new media law issues before American International Group
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (NYSE: AIG; TYO: 8685 ) is a major American insurance corporation based in New York City. Inc.'s regional seminar on high technology, the American Bar Association's entertainment and sports industries annual conference and The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. He has also written extensively about computer, telecommunications and new media law. His articles have been published in the New York Law Journal Founded in 1888, the New York Law Journal is the top-selling legal daily in the United States. The newspaper covers legal news, decisions, court calendars, and legislation, and provides analysis and insight in columns written by leading professionals. , the American Bar Association's Entertainment and Sport Lawyer publications and in West Group Publishing's Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts handbook (1997-98). As an active member of the ABA, Rosenboro served as an associate editor to the ABA's Entertainment and Sports Lawyer publication from 1996 to 1999. He holds a B.S. from Syracuse University and a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law St. John's University School of Law is a law school in Queens, New York City, affiliated with St. John's University. According to the 2008 U.S. News rankings, St. John's is ranked 70th among the top 100 law schools in the nation. St. . About Cox Interactive Media Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) has built the highest-ranked network of city sites in the U.S. reaching 29 percent of the total adult population and 41 percent of adult Internet users. The network consists of 70 local sites across the country with 24 in the top 50 U.S. markets. CIMedia (www.cimedia.com), headquartered in Atlanta, was launched in January 1997 and is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc. Cox Enterprises is one of the nation's leading media companies and operator of automobile auctions. In addition to CIMedia, major subsidiaries include Cox Newspapers, Inc. (newspapers, local and national direct mail advertising and customized newsletters); Cox Broadcasting, Inc., (TV, spot sales, television production, research and Cox Radio, Inc. [NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CXR CXR abbr. chest x-ray CXR, n chest x-ray; an image of the thoracic cavity, produced by an irradiation scan of the upper torso. ]); Cox Communications, Inc. ([NYSE: COX] cable distribution, programming, telephone and high-speed Internet access services); Manheim Auctions, Inc., which operates auto auctions in North America, Europe and Australia; Cox Enterprises also owns an equity stake in a range of Internet businesses, including AutoTrader.com, the world's largest source of used car listings for dealers and consumers. |
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