Wikipedia's first sentence called it “blogger known for focusing on " viral " internet content”. Today it says “american journalist and blogger”.
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Neetzan Zimmerman (born 1981) is an American journalist and blogger . He gained attention for his tireless aggregation of Internet ephemera at his blog The Daily What , which Cheezburger acquired in 2010, and Gawker . In 2023, The New York Times described him as a "a well-known digital traffic maven". Zimmerman worked at Gawker from 2012 to 2014, where he caused an influx of pageviews by writing lots of short articles about viral topics he found by scrolling through numerous Web feeds . He once had more views than all other Gawker writers combined. This ensured they had enough revenue for the website to remain active. After Gawker , Zimmerman served as editor-in-chief at startup company Whisper before moving to The Hill , where he was senior director of audience and strategy from 2015 to 2018. Zimmerman briefly worked at Lightspeed Venture Partners before becoming chief growth officer of The Messenger when it launched in 2023. It shut down in 2024 after amassing nearly 100 million monthly pageviews in less than a year.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Neetzan Zimmerman (born 1981) is a blogger known for focusing on " viral " internet content. He worked for Gawker from April 2012 through January 2014, when it was announced he would be leaving for a new start-up company "Whisper", where he is to be editor in chief.
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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".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.The Hill names Neetzan Zimmerman senior director, audience and strategy "Neetzan Zimmerman" .
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blogger known for focusing on " viral " internet content
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american journalist and blogger
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