Issue Date: March 13, 2012

New CEO Carter outlines plans for ALM

Bill Carter

President-
CEO,

ALM

Bill Carter took over as president-CEO of ALM, publisher of The American Lawyer, on March 5. He was previously senior VP at Thomson Reuters' small law business unit. He also had worked as an executive at legal information company LexisNexis. In an interview with Media Business, Carter outlined his focus on digital, his plans for print and his outlook on acquisitions.

Digital Directions: How does your experience translate to this job?

Bill Carter: I've been in legal information services since 1999, so I've been in this business a while. What I built up over that period of time is a pretty good understanding of the needs of legal professionals. The second piece, since I've worked for two of the major players (Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis), is I've gotten to know many of the other companies in the space. I know the products, services and really the capabilities of all the major players, including ALM. Looking forward with ALM about who we are and what we do, I can use a lot of those experiences and knowledge to help craft a good, robust strategy for the company going forward.

DD: What was attractive about the ALM job?

Carter: Since I've been in this space for so long, I've known ALM for a very long time. Where I think it's unique relative to the other competitors, ALM has had this ability to create high-quality content, timely content that's coming out on a daily basis. The content is both entertaining and informative. That's a pretty unique skill and capability in the legal space. The same thing applies to the commercial real estate sector.

DD: How central will expanding ALM's digital presence be to your plans?

Carter: Certainly the company has been...

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