- Sheldon Drobny
Sheldon Drobny is an American
accountant and successfulinvestor , best known for forming the company that later becameAir America Radio .Career
Sheldon Drobny is Chairman Emeritus of Paradigm Group II, LLC, an
investment firm that serves as managing partner of Paradigm Millennium Fund, LP, which entities together are a principal and largestshareholder of the Company.Drobny is also a director of numerous portfolio companies of Paradigm Group II, LLC and was formerly a partner in the firm of Adler Drobny Fischer, LLC, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants. Drobny is a member of the
NASD and theAmerican Institute of Certified Public Accountants , the Illinois C.P.A Society and several otherprofessional association s. Drobny is also a former IRS agent. He holds a BS degree in Accounting fromRoosevelt University , 1967.Air America Radio
Drobny began to pursue the start of a liberal radio network sometime in late 2002 or early 2003. He and his wife, Anita, sold the forerunner of
Air America Radio to a group headed byEvan Montvel Cohen .Drobny and his wife, Anita, had conceived the idea of starting a progressive talk radio network to compete with conservative talk radio. Drobny credits President
Bill Clinton and Vice PresidentAl Gore in helping Air America Radio get started. Drobny claims Gore introduced him toAl Franken , helping AAR secure Franken as talent. [http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/22/93806.shtml]In mid 2003, the Drobnys met Cohen through a meeting arranged by
David Goodfriend , a former Clinton aide andBeloit College classmate of Cohen. Cohen and his partner purchased the rights to start up the new radio network. After Cohen and his partners at Progress Media, LLC ran out of operating capital, Drobny and other investors moved in through Piquant LLC and purchased the assets of the radio network.In 2006, after failing to reacquire control of Air America Radio, Sheldon and Anita Drobny founded
Nova M Radio as a competitor toAir America Radio in producing and syndicating progressive talk radio programs.Nova M Radio currently distributes programs hosted by formerAir America Radio personalities,Mike Malloy andRandi Rhodes .Fourth Estate Society
Drobny is now also involved in the
Fourth Estate Society , which has the stated goal of revitalizing the tradition of independentjournalism in the United States.External links
* [http://www.makethemaccountable.com/drobny/030216_AmericanJewsIsraelAndIraq.htm "AMERICAN JEWS, ISRAEL, AND IRAQ" article by Drobny]
* [http://makethemaccountable.com/drobny/030131_NelsonMandelaSpeaks.htm "NELSON MANDELA SPEAKS" article by Drobny]
* [http://www.dailygut.com/?i=669 "Daily Gut Award" won by Drobny]
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