Thomas Groppe

Executive editor, electronic media

As executive editor and managing director of electronic media, Tom Groppe oversees product development for the company’s online properties and manages the digital media team. Tom also works with outside contributors as the columns editor.

In addition to his role at The Deal LLC, Tom is currently a communications professor at Columbia University's Masters of Strategic Communications program. Prior to joining The Deal, he worked at Cahners Publishing, where he was webmaster and product manager for BookWire, a news site dedicated to the book publishing industry. Tom also helped design and edit sites for other Cahners entertainment publications, including Variety, Broadcasting & Cable and Publishers Weekly.