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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3)*
Name of Issuer: Mecklermedia Corporation
Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock
CUSIP Number: 584 007 108
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized To Receive Notices and Communications)
Barry R. Feirstein
Feirstein Capital Management Corporation
767 Third Avenue, 28th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
5/2/97
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this
Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of
Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [ ].
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this
statement [ ]. (A fee is not required only if the filing
person: (1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial
ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities
described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of
class. See Rule 13d-7).
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to
the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter the disclosures provided
in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page
shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall
be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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CUSIP No. 584 007 108
1. Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
Barry R. Feirstein, SS# ###-##-####
2. Check the appropriate box if a member of a group
a.
b.
3. SEC Use Only
4. SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC
5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant
to Items 2(d) of 2(e)
6. Citizenship or Place of Organization
U.S.
7. Sole Voting Power
400,000
8. Shared Voting Power
9. Sole Dispositive Power
400,000
10. Shared Dispositive Power
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11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
400,000
12. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes
Certain Shares*
13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
4.7%
14. Type of Reporting Person*
IN
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES
TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE,
AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.
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Item 1. Security and Issuer
No change.
Item 2. Identity and Background
No change.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
As of the date hereof, the Reporting Person is deemed to
be the beneficial owner of 400,000 Shares. The Shares are held
by Feirstein Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership"), an investment
limited partnership formed under the laws of Delaware, of which
the Reporting Person is the managing member of the general
partner, and by Feirstein Offshore Fund, Inc. (the
"Corporation"), a British Virgin Islands corporation to which
Feirstein Capital acts as the investment manager. The funds for
the purchase of the Shares held in the Partnership came from
capital contributions to the Partnership by its general and
limited partners. The funds for the purchase of the Shares held
by the Corporation came from the capital contributions of its
shareholders. The working capital of the Partnership and the
Corporation includes the proceeds of margin loans entered into in
the ordinary course of their respective businesses with Goldman,
Sachs & Co.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
No Change.
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Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
As of the date hereof, the Reporting Person is deemed to
be the beneficial owner of 400,000 Shares. Based on information
provided to the Reporting Person by the Company, as of March 31,
1997 there were believed to be 8,513,202 Shares outstanding.
Therefore, the Reporting Person is deemed to be the beneficial
owner of 4.7% of the outstanding Shares. The Reporting Person has
the power to vote and direct the vote and to dispose of or direct
the disposition of all of the Shares of which he is currently
deemed to be the beneficial owner. The Reporting Person ceased
to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding
Shares on May 2, 1997.
Set forth as Exhibit A hereto is a table showing the
transactions in the Shares that were effected by the Reporting
Person since the most recent filing on Schedule 13D.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or
Relationships With Respect to Securities of
the Issuer
No Change.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
A description of the transactions in the Shares that
were effected by the Reporting Persons since the most recent
filing on Schedule 13D is filed herewith as Exhibit A.
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Signature
The undersigned, after reasonable inquiry and to the
best of his knowledge and belief, certifies that the information
set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
May 13, 1997
/s/ Barry R. Feirstein
__________________________
Barry R. Feirstein
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Exhibit A
Schedule of Transactions
Number of Shares
Trade Date Purchased or (Sold) Price Per Share
__________ ___________________ _______________
4/24/97 (10,000) $26.75
4/30/97 (12,500) $25.75
5/2/97 (77,500) $22.5081
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