Jonah Peretti
American internet entrepreneur and former CEO of BuzzFeedWikipedia
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Aug 27, 2026
Simon OwensHOST
Well, so the reason he sp- he picked Huffington Post in general and, and specifically was because he was...
Simon OwensHOST
J- Jonah Peretti was actually the co-founder of Huffington Post.
Simon OwensHOST
Like, he helped-
Jason KrebsGUEST
Right
Simon OwensHOST
So I think that was partly a nostalgia play.
Jason KrebsGUEST
Yeah.
Simon OwensHOST
But if you were ta- if you were listening to Jonah Peretti at that point, he had this theory in this frustration that he was generating so much value for the platforms, especially Facebook, that if he could just reach enough scale, then Facebook would come to the table and negotiate with him and start doing basically a revenue sh- share deal with him.
Simon OwensHOST
And so his idea behind this consolidation, he a- he- I think he even wrote an op-ed for, like, The New York Times or something about this.
Ben CahnHOST
I still feel bad for.
Ben CahnHOST
I feel bad for Jonah Peretti because he just really fucked up.
Emil DeRosaHOST
I mean, get out.
Emil DeRosaHOST
All
Matt WelchHOST
Okay.
Michael MoynihanHOST
Yeah, the one, do you have a juicy story, um, about Jonah Peretti or something?
Ben SmithGUEST
Hmm.
Michael MoynihanHOST
I do.
Ben SmithGUEST
I mean, sure.
Ben SmithGUEST
I don't know.
Michael MoynihanHOST
I'll tell, I'll tell a Jonah Peretti story.
Ben SmithGUEST
All right.