Joseph F. Barletta, joined Youbet's Board of Directors in December, 2002. Mr. Barletta is a private attorney and business consultant with an extensive media and legal background. He is currently a director of several companies including Armanino Foods of Distinction, a publicly traded company, and has served on the boards of more than 20 commercial as well as not-for-profit companies. He has served as either Chief Executive or Chief Operating Officer of the New York Daily News, San Francisco Newspaper Agency (San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner), TV Guide magazine, Thomson Newspapers, Freedom Communications, and Murdoch Magazines. He also was an executive with The Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Tribune. After first practicing law with his father in Pennsylvania, he was a New York City partner in the firm of Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson and later was of counsel in that firm's San Francisco office. He has served as a Public Utilities Commissioner for the City and County of San Francisco. |