Steven Brill

Who is Steven Brill?

Steven Brill is the founder of CourtTV and American Lawyer magazine. His most recent venture is Journalism Online, which he sold to RR Donnelley in 2011 for a reported $45 million and now has more than 400 publications using its Press+ service to charge for digital content. In Sept. 2014 Piano Media purchased Press+ from RR Donnelley He also founded Verified Identity Pass, Inc., a New York–based company that operated the Clear airport security fast-pass, a precursor to the current Federal Trusted Traveler program. In 1998, Brill created Brill's Content, a widely acclaimed magazine with a critical eye to the media. He also launched Contentville.com, which was to be a clearinghouse for the buying and selling of web text, news, and info of all sorts. In addition to writing a column for Newsweek, he has written magazine articles for The New Yorker, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Harpers and Time.