Rob Fishman
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| Born | 37–38[1]:{{{3}}} Scarsdale, New York |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
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Rob Fishman is an American entrepreneur and writer.
In 2013, he co-founded Niche, a marketing company that was acquired by Twitter in 2015 for $50 million.[2] In its first year of operations, Niche earned $1 million in revenue.[3] As part of Twitter, Niche has become a "significant revenue driver" for the social network.[4]
Fishman's previous company was sold to BuzzFeed in 2013.[5] The acquisition was BuzzFeed's first.[6]
In 2015, Fishman was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list.[1] Fishman previously worked at the Huffington Post as its first social media editor. He is a contributing editor for BuzzFeed,[7] and has written for New York Magazine, Slate, Re/code, and numerous other outlets. Fishman's coverage of the Cornell gorge suicides in 2010 for The Huffington Post gained widespread attention.[8] In 2013, a story he wrote for BuzzFeed, claiming that "the social media editor is dead," led to a firestorm from new media journalists.[9][10][11][12]
Fishman is from Scarsdale, New York, and is a graduate of Cornell University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the nephew of 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt and Marilyn Berger.[13]
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Further reading
- New York Magazine: Rob Fishman
- The Growing Clout of the Selfie Generation
- The New York Times: Stars of Instagram and Vine Get Advertising Deals
- The New Yorker: Hollywood and Vine
- The New York Times: Turning Likes Into a Career
- The New York Times: Taking a Chance on Love, and Algorithms
- MSNBC: HuffPost's Rob Fishman Discusses Strange Social Networks
