Micah Singleton
Micah Singleton is a media professional and corporate communications executive in technology and music who was a news editor at The Verge and director of technology coverage at Billboard, later worked in communications and creator programs at Amazon, and is now head of content communications at the shopping and selling platform WhatnotWhatnotWhatnot is a livestream shopping platform headquartered in Los Angeles, where buyers and sellers hold auctions and trade through live video. It started with collectibles such as Funko Pop figures and sports cards and later expanded into categories including women’s fashion, luxury bags, and food; after its Series G round in 2026, it was valued at $20 billion.Open the full entry.
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Key facts
2013Named a “Rising Star” by The Huffington Post
According to his Billboard author bio, The Huffington Post named him a “rising star” in 2013 and part of the “future of journalism.”[1]
As of October 2026: Head of Content Communications at Whatnot
According to his personal website, he is head of content communications at Whatnot, where he runs the company’s owned content and works with teams across the business on storytelling and audience engagement; he is based in Los Angeles. Whatnot is a platform for buying, selling and connecting around hobby categories.[2][3]
Journalism and Corporate Communications Career
His Billboard author bio says he has ten years of experience covering the technology and music industries and that he was formerly editor-in-chief of The Filament, a senior editor at Medium and a news editor at The Verge, with work appearing in outlets such as Time, Gizmodo, Mashable and NBCNBCNBC (National Broadcasting Company) is an American national commercial broadcast television network. It was founded by RCA in 1926, began as a radio network and later developed television. With ABC and CBS it is one of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks; it passed to General Electric with RCA in 1986, merged with Universal to form NBCUniversal in 2004, has been controlled by Comcast since 2011, and is one of the five networks that rotate in the White House television pool.Open the full entry News.[1]
He was director of technology coverage at Billboard, reporting on music streaming and technology’s role in the music business; his personal website says that as a news editor and reporter at The Verge he covered consumer technology and the music business.[1][2]
According to his personal website, after moving into the corporate world he led strategic communications for Amazon Music at Amazon and later ran Studio126, Amazon’s creator hub with outposts in Los Angeles, New York and Tokyo.[2]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Whatnot: Official website: https://www.whatnot.com/ (opens in a new window)[3]
Billboard: Official website: https://www.billboard.com/ (opens in a new window)[1]
Personal website: Public link: https://micahsingleton.com/ (opens in a new window)[2]
X: Public account: https://x.com/MicahSingleton (opens in a new window)[2]
LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahsingleton (opens in a new window)[2]