Peter Rojas

Peter Rojas (born March 18, 1975) is the co-founder of technology blogs Gizmodo and Engadget, as well as the video gaming blog Joystiq (2004).

Peter Rojas
Peter Rojas at CES 2007
Born (1975-03-18) March 18, 1975
EducationHarvard University, University of Sussex
Known forCo-founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, RCRD LBL, gdgt
Spouse(s)Jill Fehrenbacher
Websitehttp://roj.as/

Education

Rojas attended Harvard University from 1993 to 1997 where he managed the school's radio station WHRB and was a disk jockey on the Record Hospital program. After graduating magna cum laude with a B.A. in Social Studies, Rojas received an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Sussex in 1998.[1][2]

Career

Rojas worked at Red Herring magazine from June 1999 to May 2001, first as Associate Editor then as a writer. He was co-founder and Editorial Director of Gizmodo from July 2002 until March 2004, leaving to co-found Engadget. Two months later he also founded the video game blog Joystiq. Both were part of Weblogs Inc., a blog network that was purchased by AOL in 2005.[1][2]

Along with Josh Deutsch of Downtown Records, Rojas launched the online record label RCRD LBL in 2007.[3][4]

In July 2008 Rojas left Engadget to start the consumer electronics social networking site GDGT.[2] The site premiered in 2009 and was co-founded with Ryan Block, Rojas' successor as Engadget editor-in-chief.[5]

In February 2013 GDGT was purchased by AOL.[6]

As of July 2018, he is a partner at Betaworks Ventures.[7]

Personal life

In July 2007, Rojas married Jill Fehrenbacher, the founder of the blog Inhabitat.[8] The couple had a son in 2008, shortly after Fehrenbacher founded a new site named Inhabitots.[9]

References
  1. "Peter Rojas: CV". roj.as. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  2. Peter Rojas at linkedin.com
  3. Lauria, Peter (June 11, 2007). "On The Download: Using Ads, New Online Label Offers Music Free". New York Post.
  4. Van Buskirk, Eliot (November 15, 2007). "Interview: Peter Rojas of RCRD LBL". Wired.com.
  5. Boutin, Paul (July 1, 2009). "GDGT: A Social Site for Gadget Maniacs". New York Times.
  6. "Aol acquires gdgt: get those engdgt puns out of your system today".
  7. "Peter Rojas | AAE Speakers Bureau". www.aaespeakers.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  8. Belmont, Veronica (July 30, 2007). "Congrats to Pete and Jill!". VeronicaBelmont.com.
  9. "About".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.