Charles Stubbs —
President and Chief Executive Officer

Charles Stubbs is president and chief executive officer of PRIMEDIA, the #1 print and online publisher and distributor of advertising-supported consumer guides in the U.S. through its Consumer Source Inc operation. Stubbs provides strategic vision and direction to all business lines and operations, including Consumer Source Inc, Apartment Guide, Rentals.com, New Home Guide and DistribuTech.

Prior to joining PRIMEDIA, Stubbs served as president and chief executive officer of YELLOWPAGES.com, where he oversaw the formation of the newly formed site and led it to provide more than 100 million monthly consumer business searches.

Previous to YELLOWPAGES.com, Stubbs was president of BellSouth IntelliVentures, the electronic media division of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Group, which from 2001 to 2004 produced substantial advertiser and revenue growth for RealPages.com. From 1996 to 1999, Stubbs worked with BellSouth as a key leader in the launch of RealPages.com.

Before leading the BellSouth RealPages.com team, Stubbs was executive vice president of Infospace, a Bellevue, Washington-based diversified technology and services company that develops and markets Internet solutions. In this role, Stubbs was responsible for the company’s wireline division, including advertising and licensing revenue where he succeeded in driving significant increases in revenues, while reducing operating expenses.

Stubbs earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Vanderbilt University and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.