| Peter Rojas | |
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Peter Rojas at CES 2007 |
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| Born | March 18, 1975 |
| Known for | Co-founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, RCRD LBL, gdgt |
| Spouse | Jill Fehrenbacher |
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| http://roj.as/ | |
Peter Rojas (born March 18, 1975) is the co-founder of technology blogs Gizmodo and Engadget, as well as the video gaming blog Joystiq (2004). A 2006 article in New York magazine described him as "the best-compensated blogger in history".[1]
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Rojas attended Harvard University from 1993 to 1997, graduating magna cum laude with a B.A. in Social Studies. In 1998 he received an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Sussex.[2][3]
Rojas worked at Red Herring magazine from June 1999 to May 2001, first as Associate Editor then as a writer. He was co-founder and Editorial Director of Gizmodo from July 2002 until March 2004, leaving to co-found Engadget. Two months later he also founded the video game blog Joystiq. Both were part of Weblogs Inc., a blog network that was purchased by AOL in 2005.[2][3]
Along with Josh Deutsch of Downtown Records, Rojas launched the online record label RCRD LBL in 2007.[4][5]
In July 2008 Rojas left Engadget to start the consumer electronics social networking site gdgt.[3] The site premiered in 2009 and was co-founded with Ryan Block, Rojas' successor as Engadget editor-in-chief.[6]
In July 2007, Rojas married Jill Fehrenbacher, the founder of the blog Inhabitat.[7] The couple had a son in 2008, shortly after Fehrenbacher founded a new site named Inhabitots.[8]