The Unicorn; Vox Media; 独角兽企业; 169/174

The Unicorn; Vox Media; 独角兽企业; 169/174


169.Vox Media

 

 

Company Information

Valuation

$1 billion

Sector

Media

Headquarters

New York, N.Y.

Founded

2011

CEO

Jim Bankoff

 

 

Vox Media

Vox Media Inc. is an American digital media company that currently has eight editorial brands: SB Nation, The Verge, Polygon, Curbed, Eater, Racked, Vox and Re/code. All Vox Media sites are built on Chorus, its proprietary digital publishing platform.

Vox Media, Inc. is headquartered in Washington, DC and New York, New York [2] with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, and San Francisco. Founded in 2003 as SportsBlogs, Inc., by political strategist Jerome Armstrong,[6] freelance writer Tyler Bleszinski, and Markos Moulitsas (creator of Daily Kos), the network now features over 300 sites with over 400 paid writers.

Vox Media, Inc. is led by Chairman and CEO Jim Bankoff.

Jim Bankoff

James Philip “Jim” Bankoff (December 23, 1969[1]) is Chairman and CEO of Vox Media and is also a Senior Advisor for Providence Equity Partners.[2][3] As the former Executive Vice President of Programming and Products at AOL, Bankoff has developed and led many notable websites including Aol.com, Mapquest, Moviefone, AOL Music, Netscape and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) . He is also known for establishing websites TMZ, Fanhouse, BloggingStocks and Engadget. He was awarded an Emmy Award for his role as Executive Producer of the Live 8 concerts online, for which there were a total of 74 entries which had been whittled down to six finalists.[4] It was the first Emmy ever to be awarded for non-traditional viewing platforms

Early life and education

Bankoff is the son of Marvin Bankoff and Adrienne Bankoff, and the stepson of Donna Bankoff.[1] He was raised in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey and New York City, New York.[6] Bankoff graduated from Emory University with a BA in International studies.[3] He also holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

 

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