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Daniel Stedman is an American entrepreneur, investor, publisher, film director, and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Pressto AI, an educational technology company that offers a writing instructional platform for K-12 teachers, utilizing generative AI to enhance writing and cognitive skills in students.
Prior to Pressto, Daniel co-founded Northside Media Group, which encompassed several media and event properties, including The L Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, Northside Festival, Taste Talks, and SummerScreen. Northside Media was acquired by Zealot Networks in 2015.
As a filmmaker, Daniel's short film "Celebration" won the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival.
Daniel has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Fast Company, Forbes, Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Inc. Magazine, and Vogue Japan. He has also spoken at major conferences including CES and SXSW.
Daniel was portrayed by Zach Galifianakis in the Season One finale of the HBO show Bored to Death. He has consulted as a cultural curator for the Dutch, Swiss, and German Consulates and has worked as a curator for the Soho House.
He holds a degree in Physics from Bates College and resides in Brooklyn, New York.
"One of Brooklyn's most influential leaders." - New York Observer
“The Stedmans’ event is the only one rooted in Brooklyn’s do-it-yourself ethos” - New York Times
“Stedman, founder and CEO of Northside Media, is to Brooklyn what Elon Musk is to solar cells” - The Playbook
"Brooklyn impresario" - Huffington Post
"Equals parts visionary, executor, and tireless advocate” - Greats
Netflix
Blizzard Entertainment
Snap
Hyperloop One
Amazon
Apple
Supreme
SpaceX
Spotify
HUFFINGTON POST
“a straight Brooklyn impresario, and one of a handful of people who have truly shaped the Brooklyn we know today”
Photo by Daniel Krieger, taken at Taste Talks Brooklyn
“In a merging of Los Angeles new media glitz and Brooklyn hipster chic, Danny Zappin’s Zealot Networks is acquiring the Brooklyn-based media and events mini-empire, the Northside Media Group.”
INC. MAGAZINE
How two Brooklyn-based brothers made a ding in the media universe
5 Traits Successful Business Owners Understand About Community
NEW YORK OBSERVER
The Brooklyn Influentials: 128 People Who Matter Right Now
From the New York Observer, May 2014
Forbes
"Northside has grown from a discovery festival like SXSW into a mash-up of innovation symposium along with a music discovery festival."
Vogue Japan
Vogue Japan
Free & Easy, Japan
Feature in Free & Easy, Japan
UOMO, Japan
Daniel Stedman home visit in UOMO, Japan
The Strolby
New York Times
New York Times, Arts Cover, June 13th, 2013
New York Magazine
New York Magazine, Summer 2013
Portrait of a Creative, Interview with Kristin Gladney, October 2013
““I would say that I’ve always found Williamsburg to be more or less a neighborhood to hang out—never really my favorite place to live,” Daniel Stedman says. “It just became too much of a zoo too quickly to have a family and walk the dog and take deep breaths.”
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SOHO HOUSE
A Conversation with Soho House
Brooklyn-based The L Magazine celebrated it’s cocktail themed issue with an evening of drinks at the Pool House last week. Here's a conversation with founder Daniel Stedman.
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VILLAGE VOICE
“We believe that Brooklyn is this international word that stands for what’s next, and that means art, culture, and music—but what’s almost surpassing all of that is food. ”
Bushwick Daily
Two brothers, Scott and Daniel Stedman co-founded The L Magazine back in 2003 from their loft bedroom and had a fabulous 12-year run with it. In 2011, they added a glossy quarterly publication dedicated to the cultural exploration of our borough, Brooklyn Magazine, which was followed by a similarly successful eponymous website. Summer Screen and Northside Festival were just cherries on top of what Scott Steadman calls "a community building company."
In June, the company has announced that it has been acquired (for cash and equity) by Los Angeles company, Zealot Networks. The Stedmans remain in the leadership of Northside Media Group and with the resources now available to them now, they embarked on a new journey. Besides the monthly Brooklyn Magazine, Northside Festival is preparing to go international (whoa!) and their innovation meetup has expanded to Miami and Chicago (whoa whoa!). The L Magazine will continue only online, and from what we gather, Brooklyn Magazine will partially overtake its most popular themes and features such as the best of Brooklyn in this September issue.
Podcast: POD DYLAN – NEVER SAY GOODBYE
Episode 140 – Never Say Goodbye. Rob welcomes fellow Bobcat Daniel Stedman to discuss “Never Say Goodbye”, from 1974’s PLANET WAVES. LISTEN HERE.