Amanda Claire Cassatt (

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Gutterman; born March 12, 1991) is an American journalist, entrepreneur and marketing executive. She co-founded the publishing platform Slant and served as special projects editor at ''

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''. Cassatt was also the chief marketing officer at

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from 2016 until July 2019.

Early life and education

Cassatt was born to Deborah Gutterman, a neuroscientist at the

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, and Peter Gutterman, a computer scientist at The

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in Washington, D.C., where she was educated at the

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. Cassatt studied

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at Columbia University and graduated magna cum laude in 2013.

Career

Beginning in 2013, Cassat worked as the special projects editor for ''

'' and worked directly with ''HuffPost's''

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, to cover topics of unique interest. In addition to her editorial duties, Cassatt also wrote articles for ''

'', reporting on a variety of issues. Cassatt co-founded ''Slant'', a publishing platform and media outlet, in March 2015. ''Slants business model paid contributing writers a flat fee plus a majority percentage of the advertising revenue generated from articles published on the platform, an alternative to outlets that did not pay writers for content (including ''HuffPost'', her previous employer). In addition to being the company's co-founder, Cassatt also served as its editorial director. In 2016, Cassatt became chief marketing officer at

, the

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software technology company founded by Joseph Lubin. In September 2018, Cassatt spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco about blockchain technology, along with Lubin. She stepped down as chief marketing officer in 2019. Magazines have recognized Cassatt's work in media industry lists including ''

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'' 30 under 30 list as well as '' Inc.'' 30 under 30 list.

Personal life

Cassatt married Samuel Cassatt in 2019.

References

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