Jason McCabe Calacanis is CEO and co-founder of Weblogs Inc., a network of close to 100 blogs. Weblogs, Inc. was founded in January of 2004 and became a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL in November of 2005. The company produces widely read blogs including Engadget, Joystiq, Blogging Baby, Luxist, and Gadling.

Prior to forming Weblogs Inc., Calacanis was the CEO and founder of Rising Tide Studios, a media company that published print and online publications including the Silicon Alley Reporter, which chronicled the internet industry, and produced of high-profile industry specific conferences. After the industry consolidated, the flagship publication became Venture Reporter, now owned by Dow Jones, and shifted from an advertising model to a database subscription model.

Calacanis was born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn and received a B.A. in psychology from Fordham University in Manhattan. He is a 5th Degree in Tae Kwon Do, has run in eleven consecutive New York City Marathons, consulted on the script and appeared in Wayne Wang’s film Center of the World about the life of a cyber surfer, serves on the board of directors of Bay Ridge Preparatory School and is a commentator on the new media industry. He is currently bi-coastal, residing in Santa Monica and New York City.