We operate brands across seven major consumer categories, each featuring high-value digital journalism, storytelling and brand advertising at scale, reaching a direct audience of over 100MM visitors each month.
Vox Media's brands include SB Nation (sports), The Verge (technology/culture), Vox (general news) Polygon (gaming), Eater (food/dining), Curbed (home/real estate) and Racked (retail/shopping). Each of these properties boast highly valuable, sophisticated modern audiences.
A veteran of the online industry, Jim developed and led dozens of the most popular websites on the internet including AOL, Mapquest, Moviefone, AOL Music and Engadget as an Executive Vice President at AOL. He co-founded TMZ.com, won an Emmy award for his production of the Live8 Concerts, and also oversaw AOL’s industry-leading instant messaging services, AIM and ICQ, and social networking and community applications.
Jim Bankoff, the Chairman and CEO of Vox Media, has built a business around redefining what it means to be a successful modern media brand by combining the smartest digital voices—such as Ezra Klein, Kara Swisher, and Nilay Patel—with advanced technology and data solutions that power the eight media brands in the Vox Media portfolio. Jim Bankoff Washington, District Of Columbia 500+ connections. Join to Connect Vox Media, Inc. Report this profile About A twenty five year veteran of the online industry, Jim developed and led.
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When Apple released their infamous 1984 commercial during the Super Bowl, it in many ways encapsulated the media landscape at that time: to market a brand was to place a splashy 30 second TV buy. Over a decade ago, Facebook was born and, building on the momentum of platforms like MySpace, transformed how we discover and share the things that entertain us and are important in our lives. Every generation has their own set of brands that define the medium on which they were built: radio brands, magazine brands, TV brands, and now digital media brands.
Jim Bankoff, the Chairman and CEO of Vox Media, has built a business around redefining what it means to be a successful modern media brand by combining the smartest digital voices—such as Ezra Klein, Kara Swisher, and Nilay Patel—with advanced technology and data solutions that power the eight media brands in the Vox Media portfolio. Today, Vox Media connects with an audience of...
Show the restWhen Apple released their infamous 1984 commercial during the Super Bowl, it in many ways encapsulated the media landscape at that time: to market a brand was to place a splashy 30 second TV buy. Over a decade ago, Facebook was born and, building on the momentum of platforms like MySpace, transformed how we discover and share the things that entertain us and are important in our lives. Every generation has their own set of brands that define the medium on which they were built: radio brands, magazine brands, TV brands, and now digital media brands.
Jim Bankoff, the Chairman and CEO of Vox Media, has built a business around redefining what it means to be a successful modern media brand by combining the smartest digital voices—such as Ezra Klein, Kara Swisher, and Nilay Patel—with advanced technology and data solutions that power the eight media brands in the Vox Media portfolio. Today, Vox Media connects with an audience of 170 million affluent and educated young adults globally. In this discussion, Bankoff explores how Vox Media has become one of the fastest growing media companies of today and what the short, mid, and long term view of the digital media landscape looks like for publishers and brands alike.
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