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James C. Heckman
Feb 10, 2026
Updated at Feb 25, 2026, 16:18
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Currently Founder & CEO of Roundtable (NASDAQ: RVYL). Defining the architecture of sovereign publishing with a 12-0 founder record across every internet cycle.

Ending the "Rented Era"

For over three decades, I have focused on a single mission: building the digital infrastructure that allows authentic journalism to survive. From the early days of dial-up to the current era of artificial intelligence, the challenge has remained consistent—creators generate the value, but intermediaries capture the revenue.

My career has been defined by building platforms like Rivals.com and Scout.com that returned power to niche communities. As a strategic executive at Fox Interactive, I helped design the business models for Hulu and led the landmark $1B Google–Myspace partnership, proving that premium content deserves premium monetization.

Today, the stakes are higher. The "Rented Era" of Big Tech has left publishers vulnerable to algorithmic opacity, data harvesting, and capital starvation. At Roundtable, we are not just building tools; we are engineering a structural exit from this dependency. We are replacing the "black box" with a Unified Media OS that guarantees data sovereignty and instant liquidity for verified experts.