Hilary Rosen

Rosen was born in West Orange, New Jersey in 1958. Her father worked as an insurance agent and her mother was the city's first councilwoman.{{cite news |last=Holson |first=Laura M. |title=Recording Industry's Top Lobbyist Seeks Harmony in a Time of Discord |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/20/technology/20ROSE.html?pagewanted=al |access-date=May 11, 2016 |work=The New York Times |date=August 20, 2001 |issn=0362-4331 |oclc=1645522}}{{cite magazine |last=Bai |first=Matt |title=Hating Hilary |url=https://www.wired.com/2003/02/hating/ |access-date=May 11, 2016 |magazine=Wired |publisher=Condé Nast |date=February 1, 2003 |issn=1059-1028 |oclc=24479723}} In high school, Rosen served as student council president. She earned her bachelor's degree in international business from George Washington University in 1981.{{cite web |last=Weinger |first=Mackenzie |title=10 things about Hilary Rosen |date=April 12, 2012 |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2012/04/10-things-about-hillary-rosen-075066 |publisher=Politico |access-date=May 9, 2016}} Her parents divorced while Rosen was at college.

In 1979, Rosen began working as a legislative assistant in the Washington, D.C. office of Governor Brendan Byrne (D-NJ),{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1995/06/26/she-sings-the-music-industrys-praises/d1f23e62-64ea-459f-928f-7c089e9b1532/ |title=She Sings the Music Industry's Praises |date=June 26, 1995 |access-date=May 18, 2016 |first=Kara |last=Swisher |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}} who was a friend of Rosen's mother.{{cite news |last=Weiner |first=Rachel |title=Who is Hilary Rosen? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/who-is-hilary-rosen/2012/04/12/gIQA2zFHDT_blog.html |access-date=May 9, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 12, 2012}} She also worked for Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) early in her career.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/profiles/hilary-rosen-profile |title=Hilary Rosen: Political Commentator |publisher=CNN |access-date=May 9, 2016}} Rosen worked for the lobbying firm Liz Robbins Associates in the 1980s.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/07/30/turning-up-the-power/1ec3bf2c-1f7c-4706-a95b-07d5375b73a8/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=May 9, 2016 |first=Linton |last=Weeks |title=Turning Up the Power |date=July 30, 1997}}

In 1987, Rosen joined the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the trade organization representing the American recording industry, as its first government relations director. In 1989, she and her colleague Jay Berman updated the Parental Advisory label and launched its public awareness campaign. In 1992, she took a brief leave from the RIAA to serve as Senator Dianne Feinstein's transition director and set up the California Democratic Party's office in Washington, D.C.{{Cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hilary-rosen-joins-brunswick-group-as-managing-partner-of-washington-office-65500632.html |title=Hilary Rosen Joins Brunswick Group as Managing Partner of Washington Office |publisher=PR Newswire |date=November 21, 2008 |agency=Brunswick Group |access-date=May 10, 2016}}

As a registered lobbyist from 1999 to 2003,{{Cite web |title=Query the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database |publisher=United States Senate}} Note: User must query the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database using "Rosen, Hilary" as the registered "Lobbyist Name". Rosen influenced the decisions made by Congress on behalf of nearly 350 companies and thousands of artists represented by the RIAA. In 1995, Rosen supported artists' rights when Bob Dole, then Senate Majority Leader, criticized Time Warner and said that rap lyrics promoted violence and were degrading to women.{{cite news |last=Harrington |first=Richard |title=The Song Remains the Same |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/06/07/the-song-remains-the-same/09a8e05f-370a-4232-9657-949b579de94c/ |access-date=May 10, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 7, 1995}}{{cite news |last=Landler |first=Mark |title=Time Warner Seeks a Delicate Balance in Rap Music Furor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/05/business/time-warner-seeks-a-delicate-balance-in-rap-music-furor.html |access-date=May 10, 2016 |work=The New York Times |date=June 5, 1995}} She became the organization's president and chief operating officer in May 1996. Rosen was a strong supporter of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which became law in 1998, to prohibit the creation of technologies used to get around copyright protections.{{cite news |last=Evangelista |first=Benny |title=Digital copyright law under fire / Millennium Act already out of date, critics say |url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Digital-copyright-law-under-fire-Millennium-Act-2889392.php |access-date=May 10, 2016 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=August 13, 2001 |publisher=Hearst |issn=1932-8672 |oclc=8812614}}{{cite news |last=Holson |first=Laura M. |title=Recording Industry Lobbyist Plans to Leave Her Position |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/23/business/media/23MUSI.html?pagewanted=all |access-date=May 10, 2016 |work=The New York Times |date=January 23, 2003}} Rosen was promoted to the role of chief executive officer in 1998. In 1999, the RIAA Diamond certification was awarded for the first time, recognizing albums that have shipped more than 10 million copies.{{cite web |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |title=Metallica, Zeppelin, Billy Joel Honored for 10 Million-Plus Sales |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/512893/metallica-zeppelin-billy-joel-honored-for-10-million-plus-sales/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816162835/http://www.mtv.com/news/512893/metallica-zeppelin-billy-joel-honored-for-10-million-plus-sales/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |publisher=MTV |access-date=May 9, 2016}} Rosen said the award, which was named as such because "diamonds are valuable [and] no two are alike", represented "a quantum leap" for the music industry and an expansion of the national music market.

In 2000, the American musical recording company A&M Records along with several others, through the RIAA, sued Napster on grounds of copyright infringement under the DMCA,17 U.S.C. A&M Records. Inc. v. Napster. Inc. 114 F. Supp. 2d 896 (N. D. Cal. 2000). which led to the shutting down of the pioneering peer-to-peer file sharing service. As the face of the RIAA, Rosen was vilified by proponents of free file sharing,{{cite journal |last=Geraghty |first=Jim |title=Who Is Hilary Rosen? Crass? Gilded? Stern? |journal=National Review |date=April 12, 2012 |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/295913/who-hilary-rosen-crass-gilded-stern-jim-geraghty |access-date=May 9, 2016 |issn=0028-0038}} and even traveled with security at one point because she was receiving death threats. Nonetheless, Rosen encouraged partnerships between the recording industry and online music businesses,{{cite news |last=Holson |first=Laura |title=Which Direction for Digital Music? |url=http://politics.nytimes.com/2000/11/20/technology/20TUNE.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& |access-date=May 9, 2016 |work=The New York Times |date=November 20, 2000}} and consulted on the launch of digital music services such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store.{{cite journal |last=Smolowe |first=Jill |title=Steve Jobs: 1955–2011 |journal=People |date=October 24, 2011 |volume=76 |issue=16 |pages=42 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20537045,00.html |access-date=May 9, 2016 |publisher=Time Inc. |doi=10.1038/479042a |pmid=22051667 |bibcode=2011Natur.479...42O |issn=0093-7673|doi-access=free }} Rosen was recognized for advancing the industry's political efforts and appeared on lists of influential leaders, including Entertainment Weekly{{'s}} "Annual Power List" and National Journal{{'s}} "Washington's Powerful Insiders". She was included in The Hollywood Reporter{{'s}} list of the most powerful women in entertainment in 1998,{{cite news |title=US recording industry head quits |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2687467.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=May 10, 2016 |date=January 23, 2003}} 2000 (number 10),{{cite news |title=Julia Elected to List of Powerful Women |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=112414&page=1 |access-date=May 10, 2016 |publisher=ABC News |date=December 5, 2010}}{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Megan |title=The Ladies Who Launch Entertainment Trends |url=https://nypost.com/2000/12/05/the-ladies-who-launch-entertainment-trends/ |access-date=May 10, 2016 |work=New York Post |publisher=News Corp |date=December 5, 2000 |issn=1090-3321}} 2002 (number 17),{{cite news |last=Gumbel |first=Andrew |title=J K Rowling flies the flag by breaking into Hollywood's list of powerful women |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/j-k-rowling-flies-the-flag-by-breaking-into-hollywoods-list-of-powerful-women-134534.html |access-date=May 10, 2016 |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Limited |date=December 3, 2002 |issn=0951-9467 |oclc=185201487}} and 2003 (number 10).{{cite news |title=Sony's Pascal named biggest female fish in Hollywood |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/media/2003-12-03-powerful-women_x.htm |access-date=May 10, 2016 |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett Company |date=December 3, 2003 |issn=0734-7456}}

Rosen resigned from the RIAA in June 2003 to spend more time with her family. Following her resignation, she reportedly "questioned the value of lawsuits against individual downloaders" said she had attempted to "push the industry to evolve". In 2007, she said, "I won't be a George Tenet here, but it's pretty well known that I was impatient with the pace of the industry's embrace of online distribution of music. There's no substitute for speed when times are dire. The record companies had valid reasons for their caution, but that caution let the situation get out of hand."

Rosen is a Democratic strategist and political pundit.{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton prepares for Donald Trump's insult machine, which has already turned her way |url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/04/hillary_clinton_prepares_for_d.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408110648/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/04/hillary_clinton_prepares_for_d.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |access-date=May 10, 2016 |work=The Times-Picayune |publisher=Advance Publications |date=April 4, 2016 |issn=1055-3053}} She was a regular political columnist for The Washington Post, has authored articles for many national publications, and provided political commentary for CNBC and MSNBC. In 2008, she became a CNN contributor, appearing on regular programming as well as special political coverage. Also, in 2008, Rosen became the first Washington editor-at-large and political director of The Huffington Post. In 2010, she and The Huffington Post, which was editorially critical of BP following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, reached a mutual decision to part ways when Rosen's firm, Brunswick Group, began consulting for the British oil and gas company.{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Ben |title=HuffPost cuts ties with BP consultant Rosen |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2010/06/huffpost-cuts-ties-with-bp-consultant-rosen-027394 |publisher=Politico |access-date=May 9, 2016 |date=June 4, 2010}} In April 2012, Rosen was criticized for saying that Ann Romney had "never worked a day in her life" when discussing Mitt Romney's reliance on his wife as an adviser on women's issues during a CNN appearance. Rosen apologized the next day.{{cite news |last1=Madison |first1=Lucy |title=Hilary Rosen apologizes to Ann Romney for "poorly chosen" words |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hilary-rosen-apologizes-to-ann-romney-for-poorly-chosen-words/ |access-date=May 11, 2016 |publisher=CBS News |date=April 12, 2012}}{{cite news |last1=Little |first1=Morgan |title=Hilary Rosen reverses course, apologizes to Ann Romney |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-apr-12-la-pn-hilary-rosen-reverses-course-apologizes-to-ann-romney-20120412-story.html |access-date=May 11, 2016 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 12, 2012}} In 2013, Rosen began writing for The Washington Post as an opinion contributor.

In 2006, Rosen and Jay Berman, who formerly worked at RIAA, briefly ran the firm Berman Rosen Global Strategies, consulting for tech companies such as Facebook, Viacom, and XM. In 2008, she joined the public relations firm Brunswick Group to head its Washington, D.C. office.{{cite journal |title=Rosen to Lead Brunswick's DC Office |journal=Adweek |date=November 21, 2008 |url=http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/rosen-to-lead-brunswicks-dc-office/15091 |access-date=May 9, 2016 |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |location=New York City |issn=0199-2864}}{{cite news |last=Ahrens |first=Frank |title=Hilary Rosen to Lead Brunswick's D.C. Office |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112003712.html |access-date=May 11, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 21, 2008}} In 2010, Rosen became a partner and managing director at the political communications and public relations firm SKDKnickerbocker, leading the company alongside Anita Dunn.Rosen joining SKDKnickerbocker: * {{cite journal |journal=Adweek |url=http://www.adweek.com/prnewser/hilary-rosen-joins-skdknickerbocker/5188 |title=Hilary Rosen Joins SKDKnickerbocker |date=July 29, 2010 |first=Joe |last=Ciarallo |access-date=May 11, 2016}} * {{cite web |last=Allen |first=Mike |title=Rosen joins SKDKnickerbocker |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2010/07/rosen-joins-skdknickerbocker-040400 |publisher=Politico |access-date=May 11, 2016 |date=July 29, 2010}}{{cite news |last=Pesta |first=Abigail |title=Ex-Komen Official Karen Handel Attacks Planned Parenthood 'Thugs' in New Book |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/05/former-komen-official-karen-handel-calls-planned-parenthood-a-schoolyard-thug.html |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=May 10, 2016 |date=September 5, 2012}} The firm is known for its work on progressive issues and focuses on Democrats in its political work.{{cite news |last=Gelles |first=David |title=Mark Penn's Stagwell Group Will Acquire SKDKnickerbocker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/business/dealbook/stagwell-group-will-acquire-skdknickerbocker.html?_r=1 |access-date=May 18, 2016 |work=The New York Times |date=October 8, 2015}} The firm also is employed by TransCanada Corporation to improve their public relations.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/20/us/politics/anita-dunn-both-insider-and-outsider-in-obama-camp.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0&pagewanted=print |title=Strategizing for the President, and Corporate Clients, Too |last1=Lichtblau |first1=Eric |last2=Lipton |first2=Eric |date=October 19, 2012 |website=the New York Times |access-date=April 1, 2021}} As a communications consultant, Rosen attended the White House on multiple occasions during Barack Obama's presidency. At least five meetings were with the president to discuss messaging around his health care reform plans. Rosen worked for clients Starbucks, Microsoft, American Airlines, Planned Parenthood, AT&T, at SKDK and led numerous national public affairs campaigns. Following her 2012 comments regarding Ann Romney, Rosen was the subject of critical coverage by some media outlets, which noted White House visitor logs and speculated whether Rosen or SKDKnickerbocker employees were operating as "unofficial" or "unregistered" lobbyists.{{cite journal |last=Fang |first=Lee |title=The Real Hilary Rosen Scandal |journal=The Nation |date=April 13, 2012 |url=http://www.thenation.com/article/real-hilary-rosen-scandal/ |access-date=May 19, 2016 |issn=0027-8378}}{{cite journal |last=Geraghty |first=Jim |title=Hilary Rosen, Frequent White House Visitor |journal=National Review |date=April 12, 2012 |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/295838/hilary-rosen-frequent-white-house-visitor-jim-geraghty |access-date=May 19, 2016}}{{cite journal |last=Weigel |first=David |title=Meanwhile, Political Consultants Are Still Horrible |journal=Slate |date=April 13, 2012 |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/04/13/meanwhile_political_consultants_are_still_horrible.html |access-date=May 19, 2016}} Rosen has advised many national candidates, and in 2012 The Wall Street Journal reported that she was consulting with Debbie Wasserman Schultz during her time as chair of the Democratic National Committee.{{cite news |last1=Langley |first1=Monica |title=Combative Top Democrat Gains Clout in Campaign |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204642604577213173081025252 |access-date=May 19, 2016 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 16, 2012}} SKDKnickerbocker was selected by Edie Windsor's legal team to lead the public relations efforts behind the challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (United States v. Windsor, 2013).{{cite journal |title=Out100: The Activists Who Shaped 2013 |journal=The Advocate |date=November 13, 2013 |url=http://www.advocate.com/society/activism/2013/11/13/out100-activists-who-shaped-2013 |access-date=May 10, 2016 |publisher=Here Media |issn=0001-8996}} In 2014, Rosen and Dunn served as senior advisors to the LGBT rights group Americans for Marriage Equality.{{cite web |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |title=Gay-marriage backers start campaign |date=February 4, 2014 |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/gay-marriage-human-rights-campaign-americans-for-marriage-equality-103069 |publisher=Politico |access-date=May 18, 2016}} Planned Parenthood hired Rosen to help manage the 2015 undercover videos controversy.{{cite web |title=Clinton's Planned Parenthood ties run deep |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/hillary-clinton-planned-parenthood-ties-120794 |publisher=Politico |access-date=May 9, 2016 |first1=Annie |last1=Karni |first2=Anna |last2=Palmer |date=July 30, 2015}} Rosen and SKDKnickerbocker were assisting Susan G. Komen for the Cure with a public relations campaign for an environmental research initiative when the Planned Parenthood controversy arose.. Rosen and Dunn sold SKDK to Stagwell in October 2015 and Rosen stayed on to manage the firm while Dunn went to work for the Biden Campaign and into the Biden White House. Rosen left SKDK in 2023.

During the campaigning leading up to the 2012 United States presidential election, Rosen criticized Ann Romney, wife of then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney, claiming that, as a stay-at-home mother, Romney "never worked a day in her life." Rosen was pressured to apologize when her remarks were condemned by the Democratic National Committee and President Obama, who stated he had "little patience for commentary about the spouses of political candidates." Michelle Obama also distanced herself from Rosen, expressing on Twitter that "every mother works hard, and every woman deserves to be respected."{{cite news |last1=Bingham |first1=Amy |title=Hilary Rosen Apologizes For Attacking Ann Romney As a Stay-At-Home Mom |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/hilary-rosen-apologizes-ann-romney-jab/story?id=16124396 |access-date=December 19, 2017 |publisher=ABC News |date=April 12, 2012}}

Rosen was criticized in December 2017 for making two tweets calling several Georgetown Hoyas fans "anti-Semitic," singling one out as a "bigot" after she noticed a photograph of a fan wearing a bacon costume. After Rosen was told that the fan in question was known as "bacon man" and wore the costume because of his last name (Bakan, pronounced "bacon"), she apologized.{{cite news |last1=Owens |first1=George |title=CNN contributor calls Georgetown fan's outfit 'anti-Semitic'; later apologizes |url=https://www.syracuse.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/12/hilary_rosen_bacon_anti-semitic_georgetown_syracuse_basketball_cnn_twitter.html#article |access-date=December 19, 2017 |publisher=Syracuse.com |date=December 18, 2017}}{{Cite web|last=Stewart|first=Emily|date=2018-01-27|title=New York attorney general launches investigation into bot factory after Times exposé|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/27/16940426/eric-schneiderman-fake-accounts-twitter-times|access-date=2020-10-14|website=Vox|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2018-02-26|title=Why Are Journalists Buying Fake Followers on Social Media?|url=https://socialmediahq.com/why-are-journalists-buying-fake-followers-on-social-media/|access-date=2020-10-14|website=Social Media HQ|language=en-US}}

In January 2018,{{Cite news|date=2018-01-28|title=New York investigates company accused of selling fake Twitter followers|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42853067|access-date=2020-10-14}} Rosen admitted she bought more than 500,000 fake Twitter followers{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots.html |title=The Follower Factory |last1=Confessore |first1=Nicholas |last2=Harris |first2=Richard |last3=Hansen |first3=Mark |date=January 27, 2018 |website=The New York Times |access-date=April 1, 2021}} as "an experiment," to see whether to recommend the practice to her PR clients.{{Cite web|title=Journalists struggle to explain why they bought fake twitter followers|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/journalists-struggle-explain-why-they-bought-fake-twitter-followers-n843871|access-date=2020-10-14|website=NBC News|date=February 3, 2018 |language=en}}

Rosen became an LGBT activist starting in 1982 when she and others demanded federal intervention to combat HIV/AIDS in the United States. She outed herself to members of Congress in an attempt to win HIV/AIDS funding.

In 2004, she managed the successful campaign to defeat George W. Bush's proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning same-sex marriage. Her work on this campaign is profiled in John Harwood and Gerald Seib's book Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power (2008).

Between 2004 and 2008, Rosen was a registered lobbyist for the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBT civil rights advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the United States. In 2008, she served as interim director for the organization. She also served on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation board. The Advocate included Rosen in their "People of the Year" list in 2008.{{cite journal |title=People of the Year: Sunil Babu Pant, Hilary Rosen, Suze Orman |journal=The Advocate |date=December 16, 2008 |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2008/12/16/people-year-sunil-babu-pant-hilary-rosen-suze-orman |access-date=May 10, 2016}}

Rosen consulted on the Hollingsworth v. Perry (originally Perry v. Schwarzenegger) series of federal court cases that legalized same-sex marriage in California.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZNCCQAAQBAJ |title=Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA |first=Roberta |last=Kaplan |quote=We had already had a number of intense meetings with the Perry team and its allies, including ... Hilary Rosen, who had been brought in as a communications consultant for both cases. |date=October 5, 2015 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=9780393248685}} Rosen was included in The Advocate{{'s}} "Out100" list for her work on the "Respect for Marriage Coalition" media campaign during the Defense of Marriage Act challenge and United States v. Windsor civil rights case. She was also named one of the 25 "most powerful LGBT players" in Washington, D.C., by National Journal and ranked number 62 in Out{{'s}} 2012 "Power List"."The Power List": * {{cite journal |url=http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/power-50/2012/04/26/power-list |title=The Power List |journal=Out |publisher=Here Media |issn=1062-7928 |date=April 26, 2012}} * {{cite journal |title=The Power List: Hilary Rosen |journal=Out |date=April 25, 2012 |url=http://www.out.com/2012/04/25/power-list-hilary-rosen |access-date=May 11, 2016}} National Journal included Rosen in their list of the "30 Most Influential Out Washingtonians" in 2014.{{cite journal |title=The 30 Most Influential Out Washingtonians |journal=National Journal |publisher=Atlantic Media |date=January 23, 2014 |url=https://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/2014/01/23/30-most-influential-out-washingtonians |access-date=May 18, 2016}}

Inspired by Showtime's LGBT television series The L Word, Rosen collaborated with the show's creator to establish OurChart.com, a social networking site for lesbians. Its name refers to "the chart", which was used on the show to illustrate the relationships between characters. The site was defunct by 2012, having been acquired by Showtime.

In 1992, she helped found Rock the Vote, a non-profit organization that encourages voter turnout among young voters.

Rosen and Tammy Haddad co-host the annual Garden Brunch prior to the White House Correspondents' Association's dinner.{{cite journal |last=Grinapol |first=Corinne |title=The Haddad Brunch Gets the Iowa (and Winter) Treatment |journal=Adweek |date=January 19, 2016 |url=http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/the-haddad-brunch-gets-the-iowa-and-winter-treatment/153027 |access-date=May 10, 2016}}

Rosen met Elizabeth Birch in 1994. Birch was a lawyer for Apple and later became the executive director of the Human Rights Campaign. The couple adopted twins from Texas in 1999.{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BiuD1IbHZ91/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BiuD1IbHZ91 |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|title=Filled with gratitude for these two |author=hilarybrosen |date=May 13, 2018 |website=Instagram |access-date=April 1, 2021}}{{cbignore}} They received some criticism from conservative groups who opposed LGBT adoption. The two separated in 2006. Rosen married her partner Megan Murphy in November 2024.

Rosen has lived in Washington, D.C. since her studies at George Washington University. She is well-connected and has been called a "Washington insider". Al Gore and Greta van Susteren and Anderson Cooperwere among guests who attended her fiftieth birthday celebration.

In addition to being a Democratic strategist, Rosen has described herself as a "strong, progressive Democrat". She has been a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party and has hosted fundraisers for candidates, including Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA). She has also been a longtime supporter of Hillary Clinton{{cite web |last=Belkin |first=Lisa |date=January 18, 2016 |title=Hillary, Lena and Amy: Sisterhood is powerful, or so Clinton hopes |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/hillary-lena-and-amy-sisterhood-1345365273067574.html |website=Yahoo! News |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=May 10, 2016}}{{cite news |last=Seitz-Wald |first=Alex |title=Bernie Sanders' unlikely role model: Hillary Clinton |url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bernie-sanders-unlikely-role-model-hillary-clinton |access-date=May 10, 2016 |publisher=MSNBC |date=March 31, 2016}} and supported President Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race. Her stout advocacy for Biden led her to misquote and lecture former Ohio state senator Nina Turner about the meaning of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s warning as to White moderates. She later apologized for her misstep.{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/hilary-rosen-apologizes-saying-nina-turner-not-have-standing-use-words-martin-luther-king-jr-1490910 |title=Hilary Rosen Apologizes for Saying Nina Turner Did Not Have 'Stand' To Use MLK Jr.'s Words to Attack Biden Amid Backlash |last=Walker |first=James |date=March 6, 2020 |website=Newsweek |access-date=April 1, 2021}} She has made many personal financial contributions to politicians and groups such as the LPACGay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Kennedy for Senate 2000.

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• Washington Post bio "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/who-is-hilary-rosen/2012/04/12/gIQA2zFHDT_blog.html Who is Hilary Rosen?]" December 4, 2012
• Wired Magazine [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/hating.html "Hating Hilary"] from 2002.

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