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Michael Rothman
Episode 7

Michael Rothman

Ad Age Insider · Ad Age - Host Brian Braiker with guest Michael Rothman

November 22, 201743m 44s

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Show Notes

The CEO and co-founder of Fatherly, a New York City-based media start-up that caters to millennial dads, is himself not a father. Rather Rothman, whose last gig was as Thrillist's first business-side hire, is a digital media vet. On this episode of Ad Lib, he discusses building a media business on the back of curated content and newsletters — and ultimately scaling up original content, going deep on Facebook and expanding into events. He also shares the details of a certain X-rated patent he attempted to file at the ripe old age of 11.