Shira Lazar’s Online Media Empire

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Shira Lazar, Host and Executive Producer of the weekly live interactive show and 24/7 news hub, “What’s Trending” discusses:

• Hosting live streaming programming for mainstream audiences
• Selling online content to advertisers
• Working with online influencers
• Premium apps
• Leo LaPorte
• Emotional ties to social media
• The future of web search
• And the mistake which ended her distribution deal with CBS News

Named one of Fast Company’s 2011 Most Influential Women in Technology and Huffington Post’s “Women in Tech to follow on Twitter”, Shira has been the talent on many live-streams on the web including, The Oscars and The Grammys among many others.