Rob Fishman

Rob Fishman (born March 31, 1986) is an American entrepreneur and writer.

Rob Fishman
Born (1986-03-31) March 31, 1986[1]
Scarsdale, New York
Alma materCornell University
Occupation
  • Entrepreneur
  • writer

Early life and education

Fishman is from Scarsdale, New York and is a graduate of Cornell University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[2] He is the nephew of 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt and Marilyn Berger.[3]

Career

In 2013, Fishman's first company was sold to BuzzFeed,[4] BuzzFeed's first acquisition.[5] Subsequently in 2013, Fishman co-founded Niche, a marketing company that was acquired by Twitter in 2015 for $50 million.[6] In its first year of operations, Niche earned $1 million in revenue.[7] As part of Twitter, Niche has become a "significant revenue driver" for the social network.[8] In November 2016, Fortune reported that Fishman had confirmed his departure from Twitter.[9]

Fishman worked as social media editor for The Huffington Post, contributing editor for BuzzFeed, and has written for Slate, New York, and The Daily Beast.[10][11] Fishman's coverage of the Cornell gorge suicides in 2010 for The Huffington Post gained widespread attention.[12] In 2013, a story he wrote for BuzzFeed, claiming that "the social media editor is dead," led to a firestorm from new media journalists.[13][14][15][16]

In 2015, Fishman was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list.[17] In 2016, he produced Alexander IRL, a teen comedy film starring Nathan Kress that was acquired by YouTube Red.[18]

In 2017, Fishman founded Brat, a video production startup in Los Angeles.[19]

References
  1. "Rob Fishman". Crunchbase.com. 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  2. "Rob Fishman". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  3. "Safer, Sawyer, Gibson, O'Reilly Turn Out to Remember Don Hewitt". www.adweek.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  4. Shontell, Alyson (September 13, 2012). "BuzzFeed Acquires Kingfish Labs". Business Insider.
  5. Constine, Josh. "BuzzFeed's First Acquisition Kingfish Labs Could Make Its FB Ads Go More Viral Than Football Cats". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  6. Shontell, Alyson (February 11, 2015). "Twitter Buys Niche, an Ad Network for Vine Stars, for About $50 Million in Cash and Stock". Business Insider.
  7. Bhuiyan, Johana (March 2, 2014). "Niche to Hit $1 Million in Revenue This Month". Politico. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  8. Chaykowski, Kathleen. "Twitter Finds Growing Business Pairing Internet Stars with Big Brands". Forbes. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  9. "Niche Co-founder Leaves Twitter". Fortune. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  10. "Rob Fishman". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  11. Fishman, Rob (May 29, 2013). "The Social Media Editor Is Dead". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  12. Rovzar, Chris (March 16, 2010). "Cornellians Actually Are Using the Ithaca Gorges for Suicides These Days". Daily Intelligencer. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  13. Tenore, Mallary Jean (May 30, 2013). "Social Media Editor Role Is 'More About an Evolution Than a Contraction'". Poynter. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  14. Harcup, Tony (2015). Journalism: Principles and Practice. SAGE. ISBN 9781473918115.
  15. Praetorius, Dean (May 30, 2013). "Every Journalist Is a Social Media Editor, but not Every Social Media Editor Is a Journalist". The Blog. The Huffington Post. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  16. Ingram, Mathew (May 30, 2013). "No, the Job of Social Media Editor Isn't Dead—but It Sure as Heck Better Be Evolving". Gigaom. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  17. Rooney, Jennifer (January 5, 2015). "Rob Fishman, 28 - In Photos: 2015 30 Under 30: Marketing and Advertising". Forbes.com.
  18. "Brent Rivera-Nathan Kress Comedy 'Alexander IRL' to Get December Release on YouTube Red". Variety. 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  19. "Rob Fishman used to connect young stars with advertisers. Now he's making videos with them at his new startup, Brat". recode. 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2017-09-04.

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