Elliot Markowitz

Elliot Markowitz is Editorial Director of Nielsen Web Seminars and Digital Events responsible for the content of all web seminars across Nielsen's publications and brands. Previously he was Editorial Director of Ziff Davis Media eSeminars where he helped to build the company's eSeminar business and launched its award-winning Virtual Tradeshow concept.


Markowitz is a 17-year publishing veteran and before Ziff Davis, he was the Editor-in-Chief of CRM Magazine and the destinationCRM.com website and related live events. Before CRM Magazine, he was Business Editor at TechTV, responsible for helping to manage the TV station's website as well as conducting live on-air interviews with key industry executives.


Markowitz also spent 11 years with CMP Media's award-winning weekly newspaper Computer Reseller News (CRN), where he held many key editorial positions including News Editor, Business Editor, and Senior Executive Editor. In 1999 he was named Editor of CRN, responsible for the entire editorial operation of the newspaper and in charge of coordinating its redesign and re-launch in June 2000. While at CRN, Markowitz initiated many key alliances including the Industry Hall of Fame event in Las Vegas and the annual CRN/Raymond James Conference. Early in his career Markowitz was a news reporter on Long Island for the Massapequa Post.

He holds a B.A. in journalism from Hofstra University and is a graduate of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course.