From 1990–1999, Friedlich managed the global advertising  sales, marketing and business developments for a large and diverse group of Dow Jones & Company newspapers, magazines, Web sites, TV channels and conferences. Among his responsibilities were The Wall Street Journal Americas, the largest circulation Journal edition outside of the United States, as well as the local language editions of The Wall Street Journal in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

Friedlich was integrally involved in the creation of a number of print, Internet, TV, and conference properties while at Dow Jones. He also oversaw and was responsible for global business development for Dow Jones’ $400 million Electronic Publishing Division (Web Sites, Real-time Newswires, and Indexes). In addition, Jim served on the Boards of Directors for numerous international media companies and publications such as CNBC Europe, CNBC Asia, Nikkei International, Vedomosti, (The Record), a Russian language business newspaper joint venture with the Financial Times, America Economic Review, Latin America’s leading regional business publication, and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Asia’s leading regional business magazine. He also served as Managing Director of Handelsblatt-Dow Jones, GmbH, a joint venture with Germany’s leading business publisher.

Among his other ZelnickMedia investment activities, Friedlich is now the Chairman of the Board of Naylor LLC. Naylor is the leading, business-to-business media services provider for industry trade groups and membership associations throughout North America. The company serves 400 associations, enabling its clients to publish over 800 periodicals per year, including magazines, membership directories, newsletters, web sites, trade shows and buyer guides.  

Friedlich is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.