BuzzFeedAmerican internet media and news companyBuzzFeed, Inc. is an American Internetmedia, news, and entertainment company with a focus on digital media. Based in New York City, BuzzFeed was founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti and John S. Johnson III to focus on tracking viral content.
VerizonAmerican telecommunications companyVerizon Communications Inc. ( ) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in New York City. It is the world's second-largest telecommunications company by revenue and its mobile network is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 146.8 million subscribers as of March 31, 2026. The company was founded as Bell Atlantic Corporation and renamed to Verizon on June 30, 2000 as a result of a merger with GTE.
Arianna HuffingtonArianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (née Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou; Greek: Αριάδνη-Άννα Στασινοπούλου, pronounced [ariˈaðni ˈana stasinoˈpulu]; born July 15, 1950) is a Greek and American author, syndicated columnist and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of HuffPost, the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, and the author of fifteen books.Lydia PolgreenLydia Frances Polgreen (born 1975) is an American journalist. She was editorial director of NYT Global at The New York Times, and the West Africa bureau chief for the same publication, based in Dakar, Senegal, from 2005 to 2009. She also reported from India. She spent much of her early career in Johannesburg, South Africa where she was The New York Times South African Bureau Chief as well.
Jonah PerettiJonah H. Peretti (born January 1, 1974) is an American internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder and former CEO of BuzzFeed, a co-founder of HuffPost, and a developer of reblogging under the project "Reblog". Education and early careerPeretti was born in California, and raised in Oakland. His father, a criminal defense lawyer and painter, is of Italian and English descent and his mother (née Cherkin), a schoolteacher, is Jewish. His stepmother was African-American.
Pulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prizes ( PUUL-it-sər) are 23 annual American awards for achievements in "journalism, arts and letters", administered by Columbia University in New York City. They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American immigrant and newspaper publisher whose bequest also founded and endowed the Columbia School of Journalism. First awarded in June 1917, they remain among the most prestigious national honors for American journalism.Kenneth LererKenneth Lerer is an American businessman and a media executive. He was the chairman and co-founder of HuffPost, an American news website acquired by AOL in 2011. He is also a managing director of Lerer Hippeau, and chairman of Betaworks and BuzzFeed. CareerLerer is a past executive vice president of AOL Time Warner and was a founding partner of corporate communications firm Robinson, Lerer, and Montgomery which is based in New York.
Webby AwardsThe Webby Awards (colloquially referred to as the Webbys) are awards for excellence on the Internet presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over three thousand industry experts and technology innovators. Categories include websites, advertising and media, online film and video, mobile sites and apps, and social.
Andrew BreitbartAndrew James Breitbart (; February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012) was an American conservative journalist and political commentator who was the founder of Breitbart News and a co-founder of HuffPost. Breitbart played central role in generating media coverage of the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal, the firing of Shirley Sherrod, and the ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy.SoftBank CapitalSoftBank Capital is a venture capital group in the United States, focusing on technology and telecom early stage businesses. It was founded by SoftBank. Since 2015 it does not actively make investments, but it continues to oversee its prior portfolio.
Progressivism in the United StatesPolitical philosophy and reform movementProgressivism in the United States is a left-leaningpolitical philosophy and reform movement. Into the 21st century, it advocates policies that are generally considered social democratic and part of the American Left. It has also expressed itself and interacted with some variants of conservative politics, such as in New Nationalism and progressive conservatism. It reached its height early in the 20th century.
AOLAmerican internet portalAOL Media LLC (formerly a predecessor company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online) is a web portal and former online service provider based in New York City. It is owned by Bending Spoons. AOL traces its history to PlayNET, an online service. PlayNET licensed its software to Quantum Link, which went online in November 1985. An IBM PC compatible client was launched in 1988.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.