EBITDA Media

Modern Luxury Media is the premier luxury lifestyle publisher in the United States. With titles in the most influential major cities, Modern Luxury excels in capturing the urbane metropolitan lifestyle.

Modern Luxury Media publishes more than 30 publications in 13 major markets with most titles also produced interactively as digital editions.

Mr. Cobert serves on Modern Luxury Media’s board of directors.

Modern Luxury Media's portfolio includes:

EBITDA Media led the first round funding of Godengo. Godengo provides city and regional and lifestyle magazines with a strong online presence and networked advertising inventory, enabling them to effectively compete online. Godengo’s Rivista™ software is designed from the ground up for multiplying traffic volume, search engine optimization and increasing profits at magazine publisher’s web sites.

Mr. Cobert serves on Godengo’s board of directors.

EBITDA Media led the Series A investment funding of Sustainable Life Media (SLM), an eco‐ business‐to-business online community, e‐newsletter, research and event company located in Burlingame, CA.

Founded in 2004, Sustainable Life Media (SLM) is home for business professionals looking to build new value and competitive advantage by innovating more sustainable strategies, practices and products. SLM brings business professionals top news stories related to the what, who and how of environmental and social innovation, and helps them to connect with thought leaders, peers, partners and solutions providers that can help them quickly reach their goals.

Mr. Cobert serves on SLM’s board of directors.

Taking place annually in northern California, West Coast Green is the largest conference and expo on green innovation for the built environment. The team at West Coast Green also provides consulting services and runs the West Coast Green Institute which was created to continue community development projects born at West Coast Green year round.

Mr. Cobert provides advisory services to West Coast Green’s management and board.

Canon Communications (now UBM Canon) is the leading B2B media company serving the medical device, plastics processing, packaging, electronics, design engineering and other advanced technology markets. Canon Communications is a leading publisher, tradeshow producer, conference organizer, and digital media company whose portfolio includes products in the U.S., Europe, and China.

Mr. Cobert served as Canon Communications’ President and CEO from 1996-2006.

Under Mr. Cobert’s leadership, Canon Communications’ portfolio included: