Jason Calacanis that published print and online publications. During the dot-com boom, Calacanis was active in New York's Silicon Alley community, and in 1996 began producing the "Silicon Alley Reporter". Originally a 16-page photocopied newsletter, it eventually expanded into a 300-page magazine, with a sister publication called the "Digital Coast Reporter" for the West Coast. Calacanis's socializing earned him a nickname as the "yearbook editor" of the Silicon Alley community. The company also organized conferences in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco focused on the Internet, web, and New Media. With the end of the Dot-com bubble, "Silicon Alley Reporter" failed,
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