Gordon Borrell

Gordon Borrell is one of the media industry’s leading analysts and is ranked in the top 2% among Gerson Lehrman Group’s 150,000 consultants worldwide. He is quoted frequently in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Ad Age, Forbes and other publications and has appeared on CNN and other TV and radio programs discussing trends in local media. Prior to starting Borrell Associates, Gordon was vice president for new media for Landmark Communications, where he worked for 22 years. He started his career as a reporter and editor for Landmark’s newspaper, The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia. In 1989 he began pioneering interactive ventures for Landmark and helped the company establish the first TV and newspaper Web sites on the Internet. Mr. Borrell conceptualized and helped create InfiNet, an Internet access and hosting company now owned by Gannett Co. He is past president of the Newspaper Association of America’s New Media Federation and was nominated for the NAA’s New Media Pioneer of the Year in 2002. He is married, has five children, and lives in Portsmouth, Virginia, where he has been active on boards and organizations supporting public education and community sports.