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Martin Troen Moe (born ) is an American business executive, and the
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of
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. Early in his career, he was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and an adviser to Lawrence Summers,
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. He later worked for
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before joining SportsBlogs Inc, which rebranded as Vox Media in 2011. He is credited as a co-founder of the technology news website ''
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''. 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

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
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. He attended
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and the
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.


Career

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. He was appointed to serve as an adviser to Lawrence Summers,
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, during the
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. Moe joined
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in November 2001, and served as senior vice-president of the money and finance group, and news and information group, in the company's content division. Media coverage has credited him with developing the company's content brands, including DailyFinance,
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, and WalletPop. He resigned in 2010, effective that October. Moe joined former AOL executive
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at
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in April 2011, initially serving as chief content officer. In November 2011, SB Nation rebranded as
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and launched the technology news website ''
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''. ''
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'' ranked Moe and
Joshua Topolsky Joshua Ryan Topolsky (born October 19, 1977) is an American technology journalist. He is also a record producer, and DJ under the stage name Joshua Ryan. Topolsky was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of technology news network ''The Verge'' ...
number 73 on its 2011 list of "The 100 Coolest People in New York Tech", recognizing their work in launching ''The Verge''. Moe co-founded and served as publisher of the site, along with the video game news website ''
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'', which launched as another Vox Media brand in October 2012. ''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''. Moe was named
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of Vox Media in January 2013, and became the company's
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by 2015. He also oversees Vox Entertainment in this role. Moe served as
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for ''Foul Play'', a documentary series developed by the business in conjunction with SB Nation and
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' go90 platform, premiering in 2018. He is also executive producer for ''No Passport Required'', a
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cuisine and travel television series that premiered in 2018, as well as the ''American Style'' series, which was slated to air on
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in 2019.


Personal life

In June 1998, Moe married Lisel Loy, who served as a special counsel in the
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's office at the
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, and later as Staff Secretary in the White House under President
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. They have two children together, Katherine and Henry.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moe, Marty American chief operating officers American lawyers American media executives AOL employees Clinton administration personnel Living people New York University School of Law alumni Oberlin College alumni People from Washington, D.C. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom people The Verge 1960s births