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Lachlan’s New Media Toy

John Matze, the ousted Parler founder, is back with a media platform designed to “promote conversation and civil debate”—and $5 million of funding courtesy of Fox Corp.

Lachlan Murdoch arrives for the wedding of Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch at St. Brides Church on March 5, 2016, in London.
The most interesting person involved in Matze’s new company wasn’t named on the S.E.C. filing at all: Lachlan Murdoch. Photo: John Phillips/Getty Images
Tina Nguyen
February 15, 2024

Last night, I was alerted to an S.E.C. filing for a new company called Hedgehog Community Inc., registered to three very interesting names: John Matze, the co-founder and former C.E.O. of Parler; Jared Thomson, the conservative social media platform’s former C.T.O.; and Andrew Croxson, an executive at Fox Corporation listing his address as 1211 Avenue of the Americas—the News Corp building, for those in the know.