Josh Quittner
Josh Quittner | |
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Born | February 12, 1957 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Journalist |
Josh Quittner (born February 12, 1957)[1] is an American journalist.
Quittner is CEO of Decrypt Media, a leading independent publication covering the world of Web 3.0, cryptocurrency, NFTs and more.[2]
Early life and education
Born in Manhattan, Quittner grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania.[1] He is a graduate of Grinnell College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[3] He is married to Michelle Slatalla and has three daughters, including Ella Quittner, who is also a journalist and screenwriter.[3]
Career
He has co-authored five books with his wife, including Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace (Harper-Collins, 1995) about the New York-based hacker group Masters of Deception, Speeding the Net: The Inside Story of Netscape and How it Challenged Microsoft (1998), Mother's Day (1993), Flame War: A Cyberthriller (1998), and Shoofly Pie to Die (1992).
Quittner spent the first twelve years of his career as a newspaper reporter. He was a crime reporter and a general assignment writer before he started to write about technology from the consumer side at
He joined
From April 2002 until September 2007 Quittner was the editor of Business 2.0.[9] Quittner briefly revived "Netly News" as the name of a Business 2.0 blog. He also owns the domain name roofmagazine.com, which currently Roof, a sporadically updated real-estate blog.
After Business 2.0, he served briefly as an executive editor at
From 2011-2018, he was the editorial director at Flipboard.[10]
References
- ^ a b c Oxfeld, Jesse (2004-02-03). "So What Do You Do, Josh Quittner? The Business 2.0 editor on his career, his magazine, and life in San Francisco". Media Bistro. Retrieved 2001-02-05.
- ^ "Your guide to Bitcoin, Ethereum & Web 3.0". Decrypt. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ^ a b "Biography: Josh Quittner". Time. 2001. Archived from the original on November 11, 2001. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ Quittner, Joshua (October 1994). "Billions Registered". Wired. Vol. 2, no. 10. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- ^ Novak, Matt (2014-11-21). "5 Domain Name Battles of the Early Web". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ a b Quittner, Joshua (1996). "Web Dreams". Wired. Vol. 4, no. 11. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
- ^ Quittner, Joshua (July 1995). "The Birth of Way New Journalism". HotWired. Archived from the original on 1999-05-03. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- ^ Futrelle, David (January 1997). "Why the new media won't save the world — or even displace the old media". Salon. Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
- ^ a b Kramer, Stacy D. (2008-04-16). "Josh Quittner Comes Full Circle, Returns to Time; Will Blog at Time.com". Paid Content. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ Warzel, Charlie (May 16, 2012). "Flipboard's Quittner Talks About Role, Explains Ad Platform". Adweek. Retrieved August 29, 2012.