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'''Milo Yiannopoulos''' (born October 18, 1984<ref name="age">{{cite web|title=Crunchbase Profile|url=http://www.crunchbase.com/person/milo-yiannopoulos}}</ref>), formerly '''Milo Wagner''',<ref name="arthur1209">{{cite news|last=Arthur|first=Charles|title=The Kernel sued by former contributors for non-payment|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/sep/12/the-kernel-sued-former-contributors|accessdate=12 September 2012|newspaper=guardian.co.uk|date=12 September 2012}}</ref> is a British ] and entrepreneur. He founded online tabloid magazine ''The Kernel'', and sold the company to Daily Dot Media in January 2014. He is a weekly columnist for ] and ] and is currently writing his first book, called ''The Sociopaths of Silicon Valley''. '''Milo Yiannopoulos''' (born 18 October 1984<ref name="age">{{cite web|title=Crunchbase Profile|url=http://www.crunchbase.com/person/milo-yiannopoulos}}</ref>), formerly '''Milo Wagner''',<ref name="arthur1209">{{cite news|last=Arthur|first=Charles|title=The Kernel sued by former contributors for non-payment|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/sep/12/the-kernel-sued-former-contributors|accessdate=12 September 2012|newspaper=guardian.co.uk|date=12 September 2012}}</ref> is a British journalist and entrepreneur. He founded online tabloid magazine ''The Kernel'', and sold the company to Daily Dot Media in January 2014. He is a weekly columnist for ] and ] and is currently writing his first book, called ''The Sociopaths of Silicon Valley''.


Yiannopoulos was named one of the 100 most influential people in Britain's digital economy by ] in 2011 and again in 2012.<ref name=forbes>{{cite news|last=Hicks|first=Jennifer|title=Digital Media's Citizen Kane|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2012/12/19/digital-medias-citizen-kane/|accessdate=19 December 2012|newspaper=Forbes|date=19 December 2012}}</ref> He has been called a "rising star of the Right" by '']'',<ref name=rising>{{cite news|last=Steerpike|title=Homophobe of the year|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/steerpike/2012/07/homophobe-of-the-year/|accessdate=6 June 2013|newspaper=The Spectator|date=26 July 2012}}</ref> the "pit bull of tech media" by the '']''<ref name=observer>{{cite news|last=Dowell|first=Ben|title=Milo Yiannopoulos&nbsp;– meet the 'pit bull' of tech media|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jul/08/milo-yiannopoulos-kernel-technology-interview|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=The Observer|date=8 July 2012}}</ref> and "digital media's Citizen Kane" by '']'' magazine.<ref name=forbes/> Yiannopoulos was named one of the 100 most influential people in Britain's digital economy by ] in 2011 and again in 2012.<ref name=forbes>{{cite news|last=Hicks|first=Jennifer|title=Digital Media's Citizen Kane|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2012/12/19/digital-medias-citizen-kane/|accessdate=19 December 2012|newspaper=Forbes|date=19 December 2012}}</ref> He has been called a "rising star of the Right" by '']'',<ref name=rising>{{cite news|last=Steerpike|title=Homophobe of the year|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/steerpike/2012/07/homophobe-of-the-year/|accessdate=6 June 2013|newspaper=The Spectator|date=26 July 2012}}</ref> the "pit bull of tech media" by the '']''<ref name=observer>{{cite news|last=Dowell|first=Ben|title=Milo Yiannopoulos&nbsp;– meet the 'pit bull' of tech media|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jul/08/milo-yiannopoulos-kernel-technology-interview|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=The Observer|date=8 July 2012}}</ref> and "digital media's Citizen Kane" by '']'' magazine.<ref name=forbes/>


== Education == == Education ==
Yiannopoulos studied ] at the ] and ] at the ] but did not graduate from either.<ref name="arthur1209"/> He told ''Forbes'': "I try to tell myself I’m in good company, but ultimately it doesn’t say great things about you unless you go on to terrific success in your own right."<ref name=forbes/> Yiannopoulos studied philosophy at the ] and English at the ] but did not graduate from either.<ref name="arthur1209"/> He told ''Forbes'': "I try to tell myself I'm in good company, but ultimately it doesn't say great things about you unless you go on to terrific success in your own right."<ref name=forbes/>


== Journalism == == Journalism ==
Yiannopoulos has written about technology, culture, religion and the media for publications such as '']'',<ref></ref> The ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/search?term=Milo%20Yiannopoulos&view=list |title=Catholic Herald archive |accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref> '']'',<ref name=times>{{cite news|last=Milo|first=Yiannopoulos|title=A worm of doubt has penetrated Apple’s shiny world|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/thunderer/article3521171.ece|accessdate=12 September 2012|newspaper=The Times|date=29 August 2012}}</ref> '']'',<ref></ref> '']'',<ref name=dgaq>{{cite news|last=Milo|first=Yiannopoulos|title=The European Front|url=http://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1002-Summer-2010/Piracy-The-European-Front.aspx|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=DGA Quarterly|date=Summer 2010}}</ref> '']'',<ref name=spectator>{{cite news|last=Yiannopoulos|first=Milo|title=In it for the LOLs|url=http://www.exacteditions.com/read/the-spectator/cyber-threat-supplement-31763/6/2/|accessdate=13 October 2012|newspaper=The Spectator|date=30 June 2012}}</ref> '']'',<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|last=Yiannopoulos|first=Milo|title=Out of the Starting Blocks|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703506904575592362271077780.html|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal Europe|date=8 December 2010}}</ref> ''The Commentator'',<ref></ref> '']'',<ref name=crunch>{{cite news|last=Yiannopoulos|first=Milo|title=BT and Google join forces to offer AdWords support to small businesses|url=http://techcrunch.com/2009/09/03/bt-and-google-join-forces-to-offer-adwords-support-to-small-businesses/|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=TechCrunch|date=3 September 2009}}</ref> '']'',<ref></ref> ],<ref></ref> ],<ref></ref> Real Business,<ref></ref> and ].<ref name=attitude>''Attitude'', July 2013. Attitude Media Ltd.</ref> Yiannopoulos has written about technology, culture, religion and the media for publications such as '']'',<ref></ref> The ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/search?term=Milo%20Yiannopoulos&view=list |title=Catholic Herald archive |accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref> '']'',<ref name=times>{{cite news|last=Milo|first=Yiannopoulos|title=A worm of doubt has penetrated Apple's shiny world|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/thunderer/article3521171.ece|accessdate=12 September 2012|newspaper=The Times|date=29 August 2012}}</ref> '']'',<ref></ref> '']'',<ref name=dgaq>{{cite news|last=Milo|first=Yiannopoulos|title=The European Front|url=http://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1002-Summer-2010/Piracy-The-European-Front.aspx|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=DGA Quarterly|date=Summer 2010}}</ref> '']'',<ref name=spectator>{{cite news|last=Yiannopoulos|first=Milo|title=In it for the LOLs|url=http://www.exacteditions.com/read/the-spectator/cyber-threat-supplement-31763/6/2/|accessdate=13 October 2012|newspaper=The Spectator|date=30 June 2012}}</ref> '']'',<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|last=Yiannopoulos|first=Milo|title=Out of the Starting Blocks|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703506904575592362271077780.html|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal Europe|date=8 December 2010}}</ref> ''The Commentator'',<ref></ref> '']'',<ref name=crunch>{{cite news|last=Yiannopoulos|first=Milo|title=BT and Google join forces to offer AdWords support to small businesses|url=http://techcrunch.com/2009/09/03/bt-and-google-join-forces-to-offer-adwords-support-to-small-businesses/|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=TechCrunch|date=3 September 2009}}</ref> '']'',<ref></ref> ],<ref></ref> ],<ref></ref> Real Business,<ref></ref> and ].<ref name=attitude>''Attitude'', July 2013. Attitude Media Ltd.</ref>


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== ''The Kernel'' == == ''The Kernel'' ==
Together with university friends David Rosenberg and David Haywood Smith, journalist Stephen Pritchard and former Telegraph employee Adrian McShane, Yiannopoulos launched ''The Kernel'' in November 2011 in order to "fix European technology journalism".<ref>{{cite news|last=Yiannopoulos|first=Milo|title=It's time to fix European technology journalism|url=http://www.kernelmag.com/editors-blog/145/its-time-to-fix-european-technology-journalism/|accessdate=12 September 2012|newspaper=The Kernel|date=10 November 2011}}</ref> ''The Kernel'' was at that time owned by Yiannopoulos's company Sentinel Media. In 2012, the online magazine became embroiled in legal disputes with some of its contributors after it failed to pay money owed to them.<ref name="arthur1209"/> In an article published shortly before the first<ref name="arthur1209"/> of two<ref name="Kernel sued again">{{cite news|last=Arthur|first=Charles|title=The Kernel faces legal action by two more former contributors|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/sep/24/the-kernel-legal-action|accessdate=24 September 2012|newspaper=guardian.co.uk|date=12 September 2012}}</ref> reports in ''The Guardian'' on ''The Kernel''{{'}}s legal disputes with former employees, Yiannopoulos said that he was not planning to end publishing the magazine.<ref name="Kernel readers">{{cite news|title=A Note to our Readers|url=http://www.kernelmag.com/editors-blog/3305/a-note-to-our-readers/|accessdate=15 September 2012|work=The Kernel|date=17 May 2011}}</ref> Together with university friends David Rosenberg and David Haywood Smith, journalist Stephen Pritchard and former Telegraph employee Adrian McShane, Yiannopoulos launched ''The Kernel'' in November 2011 to "fix European technology journalism".<ref>{{cite news|last=Yiannopoulos|first=Milo|title=It's time to fix European technology journalism|url=http://www.kernelmag.com/editors-blog/145/its-time-to-fix-european-technology-journalism/|accessdate=12 September 2012|newspaper=The Kernel|date=10 November 2011}}</ref> ''The Kernel'' was at that time owned by Yiannopoulos's company Sentinel Media. In 2012, the online magazine became embroiled in legal disputes with some of its contributors after it failed to pay money owed to them.<ref name="arthur1209"/> In an article published shortly before the first<ref name="arthur1209"/> of two<ref name="Kernel sued again">{{cite news|last=Arthur|first=Charles|title=The Kernel faces legal action by two more former contributors|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/sep/24/the-kernel-legal-action|accessdate=24 September 2012|newspaper=guardian.co.uk|date=12 September 2012}}</ref> reports in ''The Guardian'' on ''The Kernel''{{'}}s legal disputes with former employees, Yiannopoulos said that he was not planning to end publishing the magazine.<ref name="Kernel readers">{{cite news|title=A Note to our Readers|url=http://www.kernelmag.com/editors-blog/3305/a-note-to-our-readers/|accessdate=15 September 2012|work=The Kernel|date=17 May 2011}}</ref>


In January 2013 a former contributor, Jason Hesse, won a summary judgement against Sentinel Media<ref name="Summary court judgement">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jan/08/kernel-face-payout-order-contributorZnewspaper=guardian.co.uk|date=8 January 2013|title=The Kernel could face £11,000 payout order|accessdate=24 January 2013|first=Charles|last=Arthur}}</ref> for £16,853.<ref name=guardian010313>{{cite news|last=Arthur|first=Charles|title=The Kernel faces high court order over unpaid wages|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/mar/01/the-kernel|accessdate=3 March 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 March 2013}}</ref> The company did not dispute the debt<ref name=guardian010313/> and Yiannopoulos told ''The Guardian'' that the company remained in good health,<ref name=guardian010313/> but four days later announced that ''The Kernel'' would suspend publication due to the company not being able to satisfy bailiffs' demands to recover the money.<ref name=guardian050313>{{cite news|last=Arthur|first=Charles|title=The Kernel to close as debts stay unpaid|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/mar/05/kernel-close-debts-unpaid-sentinel-media|accessdate=5 March 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=5 March 2013}}</ref> "The Guardian" also reported how Yiannopoulos threatened another former employee of The Kernel, Margot Huysman, when she asked him for her unpaid wages, implying that he had a salacious picture of her from a party that he would publish if she persisted in complaining.<ref name="guardian010313"/> Yiannopoulos later settled a percentage of The Kernel's debts personally.<ref name=sindy>{{cite news|last=Williams-Grut|first=Oscar|title=The Kernel's back to make new enemies|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-kernels-back-to-make-new-enemies-8640597.html|accessdate=6 June 2013|newspaper=Independent on Sunday|date=19 December 2012}}</ref> In January 2013 a former contributor, Jason Hesse, won a summary judgement against Sentinel Media<ref name="Summary court judgement">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jan/08/kernel-face-payout-order-contributorZnewspaper=guardian.co.uk|date=8 January 2013|title=The Kernel could face £11,000 payout order|accessdate=24 January 2013|first=Charles|last=Arthur}}</ref> for £16,853.<ref name=guardian010313>{{cite news|last=Arthur|first=Charles|title=The Kernel faces high court order over unpaid wages|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/mar/01/the-kernel|accessdate=3 March 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 March 2013}}</ref> The company did not dispute the debt<ref name=guardian010313/> and Yiannopoulos told ''The Guardian'' that the company remained in good health,<ref name=guardian010313/> but four days later announced that ''The Kernel'' would suspend publication due to the company not being able to satisfy bailiffs' demands to recover the money.<ref name=guardian050313>{{cite news|last=Arthur|first=Charles|title=The Kernel to close as debts stay unpaid|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/mar/05/kernel-close-debts-unpaid-sentinel-media|accessdate=5 March 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=5 March 2013}}</ref> "The Guardian" also reported how Yiannopoulos threatened another former employee of The Kernel, Margot Huysman, when she asked him for her unpaid wages, implying that he had a salacious picture of her from a party that he would publish if she persisted in complaining.<ref name="guardian010313"/> Yiannopoulos later settled a percentage of The Kernel's debts personally.<ref name=sindy>{{cite news|last=Williams-Grut|first=Oscar|title=The Kernel's back to make new enemies|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-kernels-back-to-make-new-enemies-8640597.html|accessdate=6 June 2013|newspaper=Independent on Sunday|date=19 December 2012}}</ref>
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Yiannopoulos organised a technology start-up awards scheme, The Telegraph Tech Start-Up 100, in 2011. The Start-Up 100 operated through an events company Yiannopoulos had started with David Rosenberg, a friend from Cambridge University, called Wrong Agency. The company was dissolved shortly after the ceremony,<ref name="arthur1209"/> with Mike Butcher of '']'' claiming the main prize had been given to music streaming service ] even though his casting vote had gone to short-term loan company ].<ref name=techcrunch110517>{{cite news|title=Wonga won the Startup 100 awards, not Spotify|url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/17/wonga-won-the-startup100-awards-not-spotify/|accessdate=15 September 2012|work=TechCrunch Europe|date=17 May 2011}}</ref> Yiannopoulos organised a technology start-up awards scheme, The Telegraph Tech Start-Up 100, in 2011. The Start-Up 100 operated through an events company Yiannopoulos had started with David Rosenberg, a friend from Cambridge University, called Wrong Agency. The company was dissolved shortly after the ceremony,<ref name="arthur1209"/> with Mike Butcher of '']'' claiming the main prize had been given to music streaming service ] even though his casting vote had gone to short-term loan company ].<ref name=techcrunch110517>{{cite news|title=Wonga won the Startup 100 awards, not Spotify|url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/17/wonga-won-the-startup100-awards-not-spotify/|accessdate=15 September 2012|work=TechCrunch Europe|date=17 May 2011}}</ref>


Butcher wrote: "Milo Yiannopoulos was put in an incredibly invidious position – it was a couple of days before a huge event he’d conceived of. He’d built the event on the legitimacy of the methodology behind the judging process. And it looks like that was sat on, unceremoniously. I don’t think he should take the blame for this at all. He could only do what he could do under the circumstances given what my sources tell me was overt pressure from his backer. I reached out to him about all this but he’s declined to comment – perhaps understandably."<ref name=butcher170511>{{cite news|last=Butcher|first=Mike|title=Wonga won The Startup100 awards, not Spotify|url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/17/wonga-won-the-startup100-awards-not-spotify/|accessdate=21 June 2013|newspaper=Tech Crunch|date=17 May 2011}}</ref> The Start-Up 100 did not return in 2012. Butcher wrote: "Milo Yiannopoulos was put in an incredibly invidious position – it was a couple of days before a huge event he’d conceived of. He’d built the event on the legitimacy of the methodology behind the judging process. And it looks like that was sat on, unceremoniously. I don’t think he should take the blame for this at all. He could only do what he could do under the circumstances given what my sources tell me was overt pressure from his backer. I reached out to him about all this but he’s declined to comment – perhaps understandably."<ref name=butcher170511>{{cite news|last=Butcher|first=Mike|title=Wonga won The Startup100 awards, not Spotify|url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/17/wonga-won-the-startup100-awards-not-spotify/|accessdate=21 June 2013|newspaper=Tech Crunch|date=17 May 2011}}</ref> The Start-Up 100 did not return in 2012.


== Other activities == == Other activities ==
Yiannopoulos is a self-professed "proper nut-job groupie" fan of pop singer ]. In 2014, he wrote a column<ref name=BI>{{cite news|title=I Had To Buy A $1,200 Plane Ticket To Get Mariah Carey’s New Album, And It's All The Record Label's Fault|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-flew-to-berlin-to-get-mariah-careys-new-album-2014-5|accessdate=28 May 2012|newspaper=]|date=23 May 2014}}</ref> for ] explaining why he had spent $1,200 on a plane ticket to Berlin to purchase Carey's album, '']'', because it was released in Germany five days before the UK and US.<ref name=gawker>{{cite news|title=Some Guy Spent $1,200 On Mariah Carey's New Album|url=http://gawker.com/some-guy-spent-1-200-on-mariah-careys-new-album-1580732161/all|accessdate=28 May 2012|newspaper=]|date=23 May 2014}}</ref> "There’s a certain cachet to doing something so ridiculous. It puts you squarely in the premier league of fans," he claimed. Yiannopoulos is a self-professed "proper nut-job groupie" fan of pop singer ]. In 2014, he wrote a column<ref name=BI>{{cite news|title=I Had To Buy A$1,200 Plane Ticket To Get Mariah Carey's New Album, And It's All The Record Label's Fault|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-flew-to-berlin-to-get-mariah-careys-new-album-2014-5|accessdate=28 May 2012|newspaper=]|date=23 May 2014}}</ref> for ] explaining why he had spent $1,200 on a plane ticket to Berlin to purchase Carey's album, '']'', because it was released in Germany five days before the UK and US.<ref name=gawker>{{cite news|title=Some Guy Spent $1,200 on Mariah Carey's New Album|url=http://gawker.com/some-guy-spent-1-200-on-mariah-careys-new-album-1580732161/all|accessdate=28 May 2012|newspaper=]|date=23 May 2014}}</ref> "There's a certain cachet to doing something so ridiculous. It puts you squarely in the premier league of fans," he claimed.


He hosted the Young Rewired State competition in 2010, an initiative to showcase the technological talents of 15–18 year-olds,<ref name=msn>{{cite news|title=Techno teens design public websites|url=http://tech.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=149577772|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=]|date=25 August 2009}}</ref> and organised The London Nude Tech Calendar, a calendar featuring members of the London technology scene to raise money for Take Heart India.<ref name=calendar>{{cite news|last=Arthur|first=Charles|title=London Nude Tech calendar: unclothed geeks (and ladygeeks) in a good cause|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/18/london-nude-tech-calendar-buy|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 November 2009}}</ref> He also organised the ] ] tribute to ] in London's ] shortly after ] in 2009.<ref name=moonwalk>{{cite news|title=Moonwalking Jackson Fans Mob London Station|url=http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/15320917|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=]|date=27 June 2009}}</ref> He explained that the idea of a flashmob as a tribute to Jackson was originally a humorous suggestion on ], but then decided to make it happen, inviting people via social networking websites.<ref name=moonwalk/> He hosted the Young Rewired State competition in 2010, an initiative to showcase the technological talents of 15–18-year-olds,<ref name=msn>{{cite news|title=Techno teens design public websites|url=http://tech.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=149577772|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=]|date=25 August 2009}}</ref> and organised The London Nude Tech Calendar, a calendar featuring members of the London technology scene to raise money for Take Heart India.<ref name=calendar>{{cite news|last=Arthur|first=Charles|title=London Nude Tech calendar: unclothed geeks (and ladygeeks) in a good cause|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/18/london-nude-tech-calendar-buy|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 November 2009}}</ref> He also organised the ] ] tribute to ] in London's ] shortly after ] in 2009.<ref name=moonwalk>{{cite news|title=Moonwalking Jackson Fans Mob London Station|url=http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/15320917|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=]|date=27 June 2009}}</ref> He explained that the idea of a flashmob as a tribute to Jackson was originally a humorous suggestion on Twitter, but then decided to make it happen, inviting people via social networking websites.<ref name=moonwalk/>


== Television appearances == == Television appearances ==
He has appeared on ] discussing social media,<ref name=sky>''Sky News'', 19 November 2010, ], distributed by ].</ref> and on '']'' discussing ]'s ].<ref name=papalvisit>''BBC Breakfast'', 13 August 2010, ], distributed by the ].</ref> He has appeared on ] discussing social media,<ref name=sky>''Sky News'', 19 November 2010, ], distributed by ].</ref> and on '']'' discussing ]'s ].<ref name=papalvisit>''BBC Breakfast'', 13 August 2010, ], distributed by the ].</ref>


As a ] ], he has debated ] on '']'',<ref name=newsnight>''Newsnight'', 15 March 2012, BBC Television, distributed by the BBC.</ref> and on ]'s '']'' with ].<ref name=10oclock>''10 O'Clock Live'', 17 February 2011, Channel 4.</ref> He later debated singer ] on Newsnight on the use of the word "gay" in the playground and ] on the same programme in May 2014, about copyright infringement and music piracy. As a gay ], he has debated ] on '']'',<ref name=newsnight>''Newsnight'', 15 March 2012, BBC Television, distributed by the BBC.</ref> and on ]'s '']'' with ].<ref name=10oclock>''10 O'Clock Live'', 17 February 2011, Channel 4.</ref> He later debated singer ] on Newsnight on the use of the word "gay" in the playground and ] on the same programme in May 2014, about copyright infringement and music piracy.


== Controversy == == Controversy ==
Yiannopoulos received criticism in 2009 for tweeting that he hoped the police "beat the shit out of those wankers" at the ], and then deleting the tweet after a protestor was killed.<ref name=journalismcouk>{{cite news|title=Twitter mishaps and netiquette for journalists|url=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/11/30/twitter-mishaps-and-netiquette-for-journalists/|accessdate=8 July 2012|work=journalism.co.uk|date=30 November 2009}}</ref> He later pointed out that he could never have known in advance "via clairvoyance" about the ] and that his tweet was sent in anger about another protester. Yiannopoulos received criticism in 2009 for tweeting that he hoped the police "beat the shit out of those wankers" at the ], and then deleting the tweet after a protestor was killed.<ref name=journalismcouk>{{cite news|title=Twitter mishaps and netiquette for journalists|url=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/11/30/twitter-mishaps-and-netiquette-for-journalists/|accessdate=8 July 2012|work=journalism.co.uk|date=30 November 2009}}</ref> He later pointed out that he could never have known in advance "via clairvoyance" about the ] and that his tweet was sent in anger about another protester.


Controversy followed his appearance at the TechCrunch Europe GeeknRolla conference in 2009, during which he was criticised for remarks<ref name=telegraph>{{cite web|last=Yiannopoulos|first=Milo|title=Men perform better in many technology jobs. Must we apologise for that?|work=The Telegraph|date=22 April 2009|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/miloyiannopoulos/9596437/Men_perform_better_in_many_technology_jobs_Must_we_apologise_for_that/|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6EUKtyJMe|archivedate=2013-02-17}}</ref> described as "men and women are different, men are better at tech, deal with it" by another participant in the conversation.<ref name=techcrunch090423>{{cite news|title=Just a Girl&nbsp;– Why we put on the "Balancing Tech Culture" debate @GeeknRolla|url=http://techcrunch.com/2009/04/23/just-a-girl-why-we-put-on-the-balancing-tech-culture-debate-geeknrolla/|accessdate=8 July 2012|work=TechCrunch Europe|date=23 April 2009}}</ref> Controversy followed his appearance at the TechCrunch Europe GeeknRolla conference in 2009, during which he was criticised for remarks<ref name=telegraph>{{cite web|last=Yiannopoulos|first=Milo|title=Men perform better in many technology jobs. Must we apologise for that?|work=The Telegraph|date=22 April 2009|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/miloyiannopoulos/9596437/Men_perform_better_in_many_technology_jobs_Must_we_apologise_for_that/|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6EUKtyJMe|archivedate=17 February 2013}}</ref> described as "men and women are different, men are better at tech, deal with it" by another participant in the conversation.<ref name=techcrunch090423>{{cite news|title=Just a Girl&nbsp;– Why we put on the "Balancing Tech Culture" debate @GeeknRolla|url=http://techcrunch.com/2009/04/23/just-a-girl-why-we-put-on-the-balancing-tech-culture-debate-geeknrolla/|accessdate=8 July 2012|work=TechCrunch Europe|date=23 April 2009}}</ref>


On 18 July 2012, Yiannopoulos had a public argument on Twitter with ], author of '']''. He commented: "We write about how tech is changing the world around us. You write about how many cocks you've sucked this week. Back off." and later added: "Is there a difference between writing about sex for money and having sex for money? Not really. What a grubby, humiliating way to make rent."<ref name="arthur1209"/> On 18 July 2012, Yiannopoulos had a public argument on Twitter with ], author of '']''. He commented: "We write about how tech is changing the world around us. You write about how many cocks you've sucked this week. Back off." and later added: "Is there a difference between writing about sex for money and having sex for money? Not really. What a grubby, humiliating way to make rent."<ref name="arthur1209"/>

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Milo Yiannopoulos
Milo Yiannopoulos at the moonwalk flash mob tribute at London Liverpool Street station
Born (1984-10-18) 18 October 1984 (age 40)
Athens, Greece
NationalityBritish
OccupationJournalist

Milo Yiannopoulos (born 18 October 1984), formerly Milo Wagner, is a British journalist and entrepreneur. He founded online tabloid magazine The Kernel, and sold the company to Daily Dot Media in January 2014. He is a weekly columnist for Business Insider and Breitbart.com and is currently writing his first book, called The Sociopaths of Silicon Valley.

Yiannopoulos was named one of the 100 most influential people in Britain's digital economy by Wired UK in 2011 and again in 2012. He has been called a "rising star of the Right" by The Spectator, the "pit bull of tech media" by the The Observer and "digital media's Citizen Kane" by Forbes magazine.

Education

Yiannopoulos studied philosophy at the University of Manchester and English at the University of Cambridge but did not graduate from either. He told Forbes: "I try to tell myself I'm in good company, but ultimately it doesn't say great things about you unless you go on to terrific success in your own right."

Journalism

Yiannopoulos has written about technology, culture, religion and the media for publications such as The Daily Telegraph, The Catholic Herald, The Times, Wired UK, DGA Quarterly, The Spectator, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Commentator, TechCrunch, Blottr, Slashdot, The Next Web, Real Business, and Attitude.

He has interviewed British education secretary Michael Gove, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, transsexual pop star Amanda Lepore, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner, Art.sy founder Carter Cleveland and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.

The Kernel

Together with university friends David Rosenberg and David Haywood Smith, journalist Stephen Pritchard and former Telegraph employee Adrian McShane, Yiannopoulos launched The Kernel in November 2011 to "fix European technology journalism". The Kernel was at that time owned by Yiannopoulos's company Sentinel Media. In 2012, the online magazine became embroiled in legal disputes with some of its contributors after it failed to pay money owed to them. In an article published shortly before the first of two reports in The Guardian on The Kernel's legal disputes with former employees, Yiannopoulos said that he was not planning to end publishing the magazine.

In January 2013 a former contributor, Jason Hesse, won a summary judgement against Sentinel Media for £16,853. The company did not dispute the debt and Yiannopoulos told The Guardian that the company remained in good health, but four days later announced that The Kernel would suspend publication due to the company not being able to satisfy bailiffs' demands to recover the money. "The Guardian" also reported how Yiannopoulos threatened another former employee of The Kernel, Margot Huysman, when she asked him for her unpaid wages, implying that he had a salacious picture of her from a party that he would publish if she persisted in complaining. Yiannopoulos later settled a percentage of The Kernel's debts personally.

German venture capital vehicle BERLIN42 acquired The Kernel's assets in early 2013. The Kernel's website displays plans for a relaunch in August 2013 with fresh investment and Yiannopoulos reinstated as editor-in-chief. BERLIN42 founding partner Aydogan Ali Schosswald will join its newly formed publishing company, Kernel Media, as chief executive.

The Independent on Sunday reported that the relaunched publication, based between London and Berlin, will focus on "modern warfare, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, pornography and space travel" from August. Newsletter The Nutshell will not return, said the Independent.

In 2014, The Kernel was acquired by The Daily Dot's parent company Daily Dot Media. Yiannopoulos stepped down as Editor-in-Chief but remains an advisor to the company.

Business activities

Yiannopoulos organised a technology start-up awards scheme, The Telegraph Tech Start-Up 100, in 2011. The Start-Up 100 operated through an events company Yiannopoulos had started with David Rosenberg, a friend from Cambridge University, called Wrong Agency. The company was dissolved shortly after the ceremony, with Mike Butcher of TechCrunch claiming the main prize had been given to music streaming service Spotify even though his casting vote had gone to short-term loan company Wonga.

Butcher wrote: "Milo Yiannopoulos was put in an incredibly invidious position – it was a couple of days before a huge event he’d conceived of. He’d built the event on the legitimacy of the methodology behind the judging process. And it looks like that was sat on, unceremoniously. I don’t think he should take the blame for this at all. He could only do what he could do under the circumstances given what my sources tell me was overt pressure from his backer. I reached out to him about all this but he’s declined to comment – perhaps understandably." The Start-Up 100 did not return in 2012.

Other activities

Yiannopoulos is a self-professed "proper nut-job groupie" fan of pop singer Mariah Carey. In 2014, he wrote a column for Business Insider explaining why he had spent $1,200 on a plane ticket to Berlin to purchase Carey's album, Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse, because it was released in Germany five days before the UK and US. "There's a certain cachet to doing something so ridiculous. It puts you squarely in the premier league of fans," he claimed.

He hosted the Young Rewired State competition in 2010, an initiative to showcase the technological talents of 15–18-year-olds, and organised The London Nude Tech Calendar, a calendar featuring members of the London technology scene to raise money for Take Heart India. He also organised the moonwalk flash mob tribute to Michael Jackson in London's Liverpool Street station shortly after Jackson's death in 2009. He explained that the idea of a flashmob as a tribute to Jackson was originally a humorous suggestion on Twitter, but then decided to make it happen, inviting people via social networking websites.

Television appearances

He has appeared on Sky News discussing social media, and on BBC Breakfast discussing Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom.

As a gay Roman Catholic, he has debated gay marriage on Newsnight, and on Channel 4's 10 O'Clock Live with Boy George. He later debated singer Will Young on Newsnight on the use of the word "gay" in the playground and Tinchy Stryder on the same programme in May 2014, about copyright infringement and music piracy.

Controversy

Yiannopoulos received criticism in 2009 for tweeting that he hoped the police "beat the shit out of those wankers" at the G20 protests, and then deleting the tweet after a protestor was killed. He later pointed out that he could never have known in advance "via clairvoyance" about the death of Ian Tomlinson and that his tweet was sent in anger about another protester.

Controversy followed his appearance at the TechCrunch Europe GeeknRolla conference in 2009, during which he was criticised for remarks described as "men and women are different, men are better at tech, deal with it" by another participant in the conversation.

On 18 July 2012, Yiannopoulos had a public argument on Twitter with Zoe Margolis, author of Girl with a One-Track Mind. He commented: "We write about how tech is changing the world around us. You write about how many cocks you've sucked this week. Back off." and later added: "Is there a difference between writing about sex for money and having sex for money? Not really. What a grubby, humiliating way to make rent."

See also

References

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