SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549






                                  SCHEDULE 13G


             INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                               Mecklermedia Corp.
                                (Name of Issuer)



                                     Common
                         (Title of Class of Securities)



                                   584007-10-8
                                 (CUSIP Number)









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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP No. 584007-10-8                                         Page 2 of 6 Pages
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1)   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
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2)   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP          (a)   [_]

                                                               (b)   [_]
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3)   SEC USE ONLY

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4)   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     New York
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                           5)     SOLE VOTING POWER
                                   442,700
     NUMBER                ----------------------------------------------------
     OF                    6)     SHARED VOTING POWER
     SHARES                        None
     BENEFICIALLY          ----------------------------------------------------
     OWNED BY              7)     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH                          532,000
     REPORTING             ----------------------------------------------------
     PERSON                8)     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     WITH                          None
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9)   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

      532,000
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10)  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
     SHARES                                      [_]
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11)  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

     6.3%
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12)  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

     IA
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                                  Schedule 13G

Item 1(a).   Name of Issuer:

Mecklermedia Corp.

Item 1(b).   Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

11 Ferry Lane W.
Waterbury, CT  06880

Item 2(a).   Name of Person Filing:

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC

Item 2(b).   Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York  10020

Item 2(c).   Citizenship:

New York

Item 2(d).   Title of Class of Securities:

Common Stock

Item 2(e).   CUSIP Number:

584007-10-8

ITEM 3.      IF THIS  STATEMENT  IS FILED  PURSUANT TO RULES  13D-1(B),  OR 
             13D-2(B), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:

             (a) [X] Broker or Dealer Registered Under Section 15 of the Act

             (b) [_] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act

             (c) [_] Insurance  Company as defined in section  3(a)(19) of the
                     act

             (d) [_] Investment  Company  registered  under  section 8 of the
                     Investment Company Act

             (e) [X] Investment  Adviser  registered  under section 203 of the
                     Investment Advisers Act of 1940


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             (f) [_] Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject
                     to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
                     Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund; 
                     see ss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(F)

             (g) [_] Parent   Holding   Company,    in   accordance   with
                     ss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G) (Note: See Item 7)

             (h) [_] Group, in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(H)

ITEM 4.      OWNERSHIP.

             (a)   Amount beneficially owned: 532,000

             (b)   percent of class:   6.3%

             (c)   Number of shares as to which such person has:

             (i)   Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:  442,700

             (ii)  Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  None

             (iii) Sole power to  dispose  or to direct  the  disposition of:
                   532,000

             (iv)  Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  
                   None

ITEM 5.      OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS.

             Not applicable

ITEM 6.      OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON.

             Clients of the Reporting Person have the right to receive dividends
and  proceeds  of sale of the  securities  reported  on  this  Schedule.  To the
knowledge of the Reporting  Person,  no such person has an interest  relating to
more than five percent of the class of such securities.

ITEM 7.      IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED 
             THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY.

             Not applicable

ITEM 8.      IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.

             Not applicable


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ITEM 9.      NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP.

             Not applicable

ITEM 10.     CERTIFICATION.

             By signing  below I certify  that,  to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of
business  and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of
changing or  influencing  the control of the issuer of such  securities and were
not acquired in connection  with or as a participant in any  transaction  having
such purposes or effect.



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                                    SIGNATURE


             After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best  knowledge and belief of
the  undersigned,  the  undersigned  certifies that the information set forth in
this Statement is true, complete and correct.


Date: April 7, 1997



                                                     /s/ Donald E. Klein
                                                     -------------------
                                                     Donald E. Klein
                                                     Vice President


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