Neetzan Zimmerman (born 1981) is a blogger known for focusing on "viral" internet content. He worked for Gawker from April 2012 through January 2014, and then later served as editor-in-chief at start-up company "Whisper".[1] He was senior director of audience and strategy at the DC publication The Hill from 2015 to 2018, and is currently employed by Lightspeed Venture partners.[2][3]

Biography

Neetzan Zimmerman was born on a kibbutz in Israel.[4] He graduated from University of Massachusetts Boston in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in communications.[5]

Blogger career

Zimmerman was hired by Gawker in April 2012.[6] He specializes in finding high-traffic content. According to a December 2013 profile in The Wall Street Journal, Zimmerman's Gawker posts are generating in excess of 30 million hits per month, essentially subsidizing the ability of Gawker journalists to pursue more in-depth content.[7][8]

Previously, Zimmerman ran "The Daily What", which he founded in 2008 as a website for aggregating viral content. He ran that site on a mostly one-person basis for about three years, while still working for publishing firm Wiley-Blackwell, and eventually becoming his full-time job. The site was bought by the I Can Has Cheezburger? network in 2010.[6][9][10]


On January 14, 2015, it was announced that Zimmerman would be leaving Whisper after a series of accusations involving the company's editorial practices.[11][12]

Those accusations were later retracted and a lengthy correction was issued by The Guardian.[13]

References

  1. ↑ (3 January 2014). Neetzan ‘Doesn’t Like to Be Called a Machine’ Zimmerman Leaving Gawker, New York Observer
  2. ↑ (16 January 2015). The Hill names Neetzan Zimmerman senior director, audience and strategy
  3. ↑ "Neetzan Zimmerman". Lightspeed Venture Partners. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  4. ↑ "Neetzan 'Doesn't Like to Be Called a Machine' Zimmerman Leaving Gawker". The New York Observer. January 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ Linked profile for Neetzan Zimmerman, linkedin.com, Retrieved 4 December 2013
  6. 1 2 Coscarelli, Joe (11 April 2012). The Daily What Founder Neetzan Zimmerman Grows Out of Memes, Moves to Gawker, New York (magazine)
  7. ↑ Manjoo, Farhad (1 December 2013). Why Everyone Will Totally Read This Column, The Wall Street Journal
  8. ↑ Yarow, Jay (2 December 2013). CHART: There's One Guy At Gawker Obliterating Everyone Else In Traffic, Business Insider
  9. ↑ Chokski, Niraj (9 June 2010). Neetzan Zimmerman: What I Read, The Wire
  10. ↑ Breneman, John (28 December 2010). Brookline blogger offers Daily dose of cool, Boston Herald
  11. ↑ "Capitalnewyork.com". www.capitalnewyork.com.
  12. ↑ "Whisper Suspends Editorial Team Involved In Guardian Visit". TechCrunch. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  13. ↑ Dwoskin, Elizabeth (11 March 2015). "Guardian Backpedals On Whisper App Privacy Violations". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
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