Lawrence Stephen Kramer (born April 24, 1950) is an American journalist,

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, and corporate executive based in New York City, USA.

Education

Kramer graduated from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at

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in 1972 with a degree in magazine journalism and political science. At Syracuse, he served as the chief editor of The Daily Orange as a freshman, and became editor of now defunct weekly ''Promethean'' in sophomore year. He holds a master's degree in business administration from

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Career

From 1977 to 1986, Kramer served as a reporter and editor for ''

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''. Then from 1986 to 1991, Kramer worked at the ''

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'' as an Executive Editor. In 1991, he founded DataSport. In 1993 he sold DataSport to Data Broadcasting Corp and became the vice president of Data Broadcasting Corp. Kramer founded CBS MarketWatch in 1997. He served as the chairman and CEO, and took it public in 1999. In 2005, Dow Jones acquired MarketWatch for more than $500 million. In 2006, Larry Kramer became the president of CBS Digital Media, creating and running the new division. In 2006, he signed a deal with

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and

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to put CBS entertainment content on the internet. In the same year, he also transitioned

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and The Masters online on

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. In 2012, Larry became the President and Publisher of ''

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''. He retired from that post in 2015 and became a director for

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Co. In 2016, he became the chairman and interim CEO of TheStreet.

Personal life

Kramer is married to Myla Lerner, a theatre producer. They have two adult children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kramer, Larry S. 1950 births Living people American male journalists S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni Harvard Business School alumni Writers from Hackensack, New Jersey Journalists from New Jersey The Washington Post journalists USA Today journalists San Francisco Examiner people 20th-century American journalists