Jon Steinberg is the former President and COO of website

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. In early 2016, he founded Cheddar Inc., a new media company covering tech news and culture, and serves as its CEO. In September 2016, Cheddar received $10 million in funding from

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and other investors.

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is a live and on demand video news network, and broadcasts weekdays from the floor of the

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, NASDAQ Marketsite, and the Flatiron Building. By mid-2016, the company had added a CheddarLife program, and was broadcasting on

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and

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. In addition to co-hosting the original Cheddar program with business journalist Kristen Scholer, Steinberg sits on the board of

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and is an advisor to

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and

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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. 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

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summer intern program. He graduated with an A.B. from the

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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

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from

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."on Steinberg"
We Are NY Tech. September 12, 2013

Career

In May 2010, Steinberg joined

while it was still a 15-person company. He has played a role in helping to develop Buzzfeed's business model, which is rooted in

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. Prior to Buzzfeed, Jon was strategic partner development manager on

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’s small medium business partnerships team, executive in residence at

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, and founded iBuilding, a commercial real estate software company. In 2012, Steinberg was named an Ad Age Media Maven. In 2013, he joined the board of Legal Mobile App startup, Shake. Prior to founding Cheddar, Jon was Chief Executive Officer of DailyMail.com North America.

Personal life

Steinberg has lived in the Upper East Side of

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with his wife, Jill, and his children, Cooper and Edie.

References

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