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Marty Moe
Moe in September 2018
Born
Martin Troen Moe

1964 or 1965 (age 59)[1]
CitizenshipAmerican
Education
OccupationPresident of Vox Media
EmployerVox Media
Parents
  • Daniel Moe (father)
  • Doris M. Tanner (mother)

Martin Troen Moe (born 1965 or 1966)[2] is an American business executive, and the president of Vox Media. Early in his career, he was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and an adviser to Lawrence Summers, United States Secretary of the Treasury. He later worked for AOL before joining SportsBlogs Inc, which rebranded as Vox Media in 2011. He is credited as a co-founder of the technology news website The Verge. He was the site's publisher, then Vox Media's chief content officer, before being promoted to the role of president.

Early life and education

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Martin Troen Moe is the son of Daniel Moe, a former choral music professor at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Doris M. Tanner, a psychotherapist. He attended Oberlin College and the New York University School of Law.[2]

Career

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In the late 1990s, Moe was an associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, a law firm based in New York City.[2] He was appointed to serve as an adviser to Lawrence Summers, United States Secretary of the Treasury, during the presidency of Bill Clinton.[1][3][4]

Moe joined AOL in November 2001,[5][6] and served as senior vice-president of the money and finance group,[7] and news and information group, in the company's content division.[8] Media coverage has credited him with developing the company's content brands, including DailyFinance, Engadget, and WalletPop.[5][9][10] He resigned in 2010, effective that October.[11][12]

Moe joined former AOL executive Jim Bankoff at SB Nation in April 2011,[13] initially serving as chief content officer.[3] In November 2011, SB Nation rebranded as Vox Media and launched the technology news website The Verge.[3] Business Insider ranked Moe and Joshua Topolsky number 73 on its 2011 list of "The 100 Coolest People in New York Tech", recognizing their work in launching The Verge.[14] Moe co-founded and served as publisher of the site,[1][15] along with the video game news website Polygon, which launched as another Vox Media brand in October 2012.[16][17] Business Insider ranked Moe and Topolsky number 14 on their 2012 "Silicon Alley" list of "The Coolest People in New York Tech This Year", again recognizing their work on The Verge.[18][19]

Moe was named chief operating officer of Vox Media in January 2013,[8] and became the company's president by 2015.[20][21] He also oversees Vox Entertainment in this role.[22] Moe served as executive producer for Foul Play, a documentary series developed by the business in conjunction with SB Nation and Verizon Communications' go90 platform, premiering in 2018.[23] He is also executive producer for No Passport Required, a PBS cuisine and travel television series that premiered in 2018,[24][25][26] as well as the American Style series, which was slated to air on CNN in 2019.[27]

Personal life

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In June 1998, Moe married Lisel Loy, who served as a special counsel in the Secretary of the Interior's office at the United States Department of the Interior,[2] and later as Staff Secretary in the White House under President Bill Clinton.[28] They have two children together, Katherine and Henry.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Joynt, Carol Ross (November 3, 2011). "Technology News Site The Verge Launches". Washingtonian. ISSN 0043-0897. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Weddings; Lisel Loy, Martin Moe". The New York Times. June 14, 1998. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Lincoln, Kevin (January 9, 2012). "The Raid on AOL: How Vox Pillaged Engadget and Founded an Empire". Business Insider. Axel Springer SE. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  4. ^ Goldwert, Lindsay (May 24, 2010). "25 Years Later, AOL Adjusts Game Plan". CBS News. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Kaplan, David (August 23, 2010). "AOL Vet Marty Moe Prepares to Exit". Gigaom. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  6. ^ Fiveash, Kelly (August 24, 2010). "AOL loses senior flack Marty Moe for personal reasons". The Register. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  7. ^ Coker, Mark (November 29, 2007). "AOL guns for Yahoo Finance". VentureBeat. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  8. ^ a b Rothstein, Betsy (January 16, 2013). "Vox Media Announces Head Honchos". Adweek. ISSN 0199-2864. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  9. ^ "AOL content executive Marty Moe to quit in October". New Statesman. August 24, 2010. ISSN 1364-7431. OCLC 4588945. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  10. ^ Carlson, Nicholas (August 24, 2010). "AOL Content Chief Marty Moe Is Out". Business Insider. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  11. ^ "AOL content executive Marty Moe resigning". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Tronc. Associated Press. August 23, 2010. ISSN 1063-102X. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  12. ^ Carlson, Nicholas (August 23, 2010). "AOL's Marty Moe Is a "Prince," Says Weblogs Founder Jason Calacanis". Business Insider. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  13. ^ Joynt, Carol Ross (August 28, 2013). "An Inside Look at Vox Media". Washingtonian. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  14. ^ "The Middle Mob, #50–74: The 100 Coolest People In New York Tech Have Been Ranked!". San Francisco Chronicle. October 11, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2018 – via Business Insider.
  15. ^ Roberts, Daniel (October 26, 2011). "With The Verge, SB Nation looks beyond just gadgets". Fortune. Time Inc. (Meredith Corporation. ISSN 0015-8259. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  16. ^ Warzel, Charlie (October 24, 2012). "Vox Media Goes After Crowded Gamer Market". Adweek. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  17. ^ Kaufman, Alexander C. (October 24, 2012). "Vox Media, Owner of The Verge, Launches Polygon Video Game Site". TheWrap. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  18. ^ Shontell, Alyson (October 26, 2012). "2012 Silicon Alley 100: 1–100". Business Insider. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  19. ^ Shontell, Alyson (October 26, 2012). "The Silicon Alley 100: The Coolest People in New York Tech This Year". Business Insider. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  20. ^ Albeanu, Catalina (March 10, 2015). "Vox looking to a future in video by and for 'digital natives'". Journalism.co.uk. Mousetrap Media. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  21. ^ Ingram, Matthew (September 15, 2015). "There could be a silver lining behind the ad-blocking apocalypse". Fortune. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  22. ^ Baysinger, Tim (May 4, 2016). "Vox Media Launches Its First TV Show on A+E Network's FYI". Adweek. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  23. ^ Spangler, Todd (September 7, 2017). "Vox Media Sells Its First Original Show: SB Nation's True-Crime Sports Docu-Series for Go90". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 810134503. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  24. ^ Jarvey, Natalie (October 21, 2017). "PBS Orders Food Series 'No Passport Required' from Vox Media". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  25. ^ Spangler, Todd (October 31, 2017). "PBS Picks Up Marcus Samuelsson Food and Culture Docu-Series from Vox Media's Eater". Variety. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  26. ^ "Marcus Samuelsson showcases kitchens of America's immigrants in "No Passport Required"". CBS News. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  27. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (August 22, 2018). "Bryan Cranston, 'Ray Donovan,' 'Shark Tank' and 'Law & Order: SVU' Set for Tribeca TV Fest". Variety. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  28. ^ Hult, Karen M.; Tenpas, Kathryn Dunn (June 2001). "The Office of the Staff Secretary". Presidential Studies Quarterly. 31 (2): 262–280. doi:10.1111/j.0360-4918.2001.00170.x. JSTOR 27552188.

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