Past Events

March 27, 2008: Lunch Forum on Corporate Governance

11:30 am – 12:45 pm, Watson Center, 60 Sachem Street, Room A-30

Norman Pearlstine (Senior Advisor, Carlyle Group)

Media and Business: Perils and Possibilities

Norman Pearlstine joined The Carlyle Group in September, 2006. He is a Senior Advisor to the private equity firm’s telecommunications and media group, based in New York. Prior to joining Carlyle, Pearlstine was a Senior Advisor to Time Warner Inc. from January 1, 2006. Before that, he served for 11 years as editor-in-chief of the company’s Time Inc. subsidiary. As editor-in-chief, the fifth in the company’s history, Pearlstine oversaw the editorial content of Time Inc.’s 154 magazines, including Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, In Style, Money, People, Real Simple, Sports Illustrated, and Time.

Pearlstine also worked for The Wall Street Journal from 1968 to 1992, except for a two-year period, 1978-1980, when he was an executive editor of Forbes magazine. After resigning from the Journal in June 1992, Pearlstine spent a year launching Smart Money magazine for the Journal’s parent, Dow Jones & Company, and for Hearst. He then became general partner of Friday Holdings L.P., a multimedia investment company, in April 1993 and held that position until joining Time Inc. in October 1994.

Open to the public. Lunch will be served. To register for this event click here.