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Jake Bronstein (born June 13, 1978), is a marketer, entrepreneur, Internet personality, and blogger. He was an editor of the US edition of FHM, a men's magazine. Bronstein markets himself as a "fun evangelist," and provides consulting services to that end through his marketing agency GiantMINIATURE.

Career

Bronstein appeared in season four of the television program Road Rules, Road Rules: Islands, at age 18, and two years later published his first feature article in Maxim. At 21 he signed on for FHM, but took a brief break a few years later to co-host G4 Tech TV's Video Game Vixens. He also documented his sex life for Glamour and wrote a book about his sexual activities under the alias "Allen Jake Bronstein" He later worked in marketing, and founded a blog named Zoomdoggle with colleague Josh Spear.

In 2009, Bronstein and Craig Zucker noticed rare earth magnetic spheres on YouTube and repackaged them as a popular magnetic desk toy called Buckyballs. In July 2012, the Consumer Product Safety Commission filed an administrative complaint against Buckyballs and similar magnetic toy companies, alleging that the balls present a safety risk when swallowed.

In 2012, Bronstein founded the apparel company Flint and Tinder, which was acquired by Huckberry in 2016.

In 2018, Bronstein became BuzzFeed's Head of Partner Innovation. In this role, he paired Tasty with LG Ovens for a cookie subscription program, launched a 24-hour takeover of the BuzzFeed homepage to showcase Bumble's virtual first dating functionality, opened a New York themed pizza parlor with Chase bank, the NY Knicks, and Run DMC that would be named the 2019 Shortie Awards Best Location Based Experience, and form the Adobe x BuzzFeed "Make The Feed" partnership, described by Adobe as their "most creative ever."

Publicity stunts

Bronstein has been involved in a number of publicity stunts, such as bathing in the Bryant Park Fountain, taking advantage of a loophole to get into the NBA draft, auctioning on eBay the lead singer position in his band, offering himself for marriage, freeing a fish into New York's East River, launching a 50 Dates in 50 States quest by soliciting invites from women on the web, and offering 1,000 strangers a hand-written love letter.

References

1. Carlson, Jen (2009-01-06). "Jake Bronstein, Internet Personality". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
2. "Bronstein Will Kiss Your Feet, Nail You". Gawker.com. 2007-01-17. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
3. "Sex Drive : Fantasies in Flesh and Steel". Search.barnesandnoble.com. 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
4. "Zoomdoggle". Zoomdoggle. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
5. Martin, Andrew (2012-08-16). "For Buckyballs Toys, Child Safety Is a Growing Issue". The New York Times.
6. PR Web
7. "BuzzFeed's Tasty is using cookie-baking demos to sell convection ovens for LG". Digiday. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
8. Zelaya, Ian (April 28, 2020). "BuzzFeed and Bumble Debut 24-Hour Virtual Dating Event". Retrieved 2022-07-27.
9. Zelaya, Ian (November 8, 2019). "New York Basketball Fans Get a Knicks-Themed Pizza Parlor". Retrieved 2022-07-27.
10. "Chase x BuzzFeed's Pizza Joint - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
11. Kesten, Gayle. "BuzzFeed, Adobe Partnership Might Just Be The Most Creative Ever". Adobe Blog. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
12. "Do You Ever Feel Not-So-Fresh?, 2005-06-10". Gawker.com. 2005-06-10. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
13. Draft Dodger
14. Update: Is eBay band the latest Jake Bronstein stunt?, 2007-09-27 Archived 2007-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
15. "See The Ring Before You Decide, Gawker, 2005-08-04". Gawker.com. 2005-08-04. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
16. "Jake Bronstein 50 Dates". Jakebronstein.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
17. Free Hugs Is So Last Year; Try a Love Letter from Jake Bronstein Times Online, January 8, 2009

• American magazine editors
• 1978 births
• Living people
• American bloggers
• Road Rules cast members
• Participants in American reality television series
• 21st-century American non-fiction writers
• Publicity stunts