Jonathan Steinberg is an American businessman, who serves as a chief executive officer of international multimedia company Future plc. In early 2016, he founded Cheddar Inc., a new media company covering tech news and culture, and served as its CEO.Business Insider, "Former BuzzFeed president Jon Steinberg launches Cheddar, a CNBC for millennials, with $3 million in funding" Feb 19, 2016 He is the former president and COO of tech and pop-culture website BuzzFeed.
Early life Steinberg's mother, Renee, is a teacher at a New York private School and his father, Richard, is a doctor turned real estate broker."Raising Buzzfeed’s Jon Steinberg". Business News Daily. Oct 23, 2013 He attended the Collegiate School and was interested in computers from an early age. When he was 15 years old, he was accepted into the Walt Disney Imagineering summer intern program.Startup Grind, "Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed talks about the Buzz" Jun 24, 2013 He graduated with an A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1999, after completing an 122-page-long senior thesis titled "The New American Citizen: The Potential for the Internet to Re-Engage Americans in Civic and Political Life." He also holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University."on Steinberg". We Are NY Tech. September 12, 2013
Career In May 2010, Steinberg joined BuzzFeed while it was still a 15-person company.Business Insider, "Ex-Googler Jon Steinberg Joins NYC Startup BuzzFeed" May 20, 2010 He played a role in helping develop Buzzfeed's business model, which is rooted in content marketing.New Tech City, "Buzzfeed COO Jon Steinberg on Social Marketing" March 19, 2013 Prior to Buzzfeed, Steinberg was strategic partner development manager on Google's small medium business partnerships team, executive in residence at Polaris Venture Partners, and founded iBuilding, a commercial real estate software company.
In 2012, Steinberg was named an Ad Age Media Maven."Special Report Media Mavens 2012". Ad Age. Jan 31, 2011 In 2013, he joined the board of Legal Mobile App startup, Shake.Forbes, "Shake On It: New App Puts Legally Binding Documents At Your Fingertips" Sept 12, 2013"Lessons For Incubating A Company". Business Insider. September 12, 2013.
In June 2014, Steinberg became chief executive officer of DailyMail.com North America.
On February 22, 2023, it was announced that Future plc CEO Zillah Byng-Thorne would resign on April 3, with Steinberg assuming the role of CEO.
Cheddar In early 2016, Steinberg founded Cheddar Inc., a new media company covering tech news and culture, and served as its CEO. In September 2016, Cheddar received $10 million in funding from Comcast and other investors.Variety, "Comcast Invests in Digital Finance-News Startup Cheddar, Which Banks $10 Million in Funding" Sept 6, 2016
Cheddar is a live and on-demand video news network, and broadcasts weekdays from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq MarketSite, and the Flatiron Building. By mid-2016, the company had added a CheddarLife program, and was broadcasting on Facebook Live, Roku and SiriusXM.
In addition to co-hosting the original Cheddar program with business journalist Kristen Scholer, Steinberg sits on the board of Bustle.com and is an advisor to The Skimm and Taboola.
In April 2019, Altice announced that it was acquiring Cheddar for $200 million. Steinberg remained as president of the news division.
Personal life , Steinberg has lived on the Upper East Side of New York City with his wife, Jill, and his children, Cooper and Edie.
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