- Gothamist
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Gothamist LLC is the operator (or in some cases franchisor) of eleven city-centric blogs worldwide that focus on news, events, food, culture, and other local coverage.
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History
The namesake blog, Gothamist, focused on New York City, was founded in 2003, with launches in other cities shortly thereafter. Other blogs operated by the company as of July 2011 include LAist, Bostonist, DCist, Chicagoist, SFist, Austinist, and Seattlest in the United States, as well as Shanghaiist internationally.[1]
Canadian blog Torontoist was launched by the American company, but was transferred to the locally-owned Ink Truck Media in April 2009, while retaining its "-ist" name and remaining affiliated with the Gothamist network. [2] In March 2011, Torontoist was acquired from Ink Truck Media by Canadian media giants St. Joseph Communications. [3][Need quotation to verify] In a similar fashion, in 2010 Londonist was transferred to the London-based startup LDN Creative.[4]
Gothamist was co-founded by publisher Jake Dobkin and editor Jen Chung. Dobkin and Chung are also credited as co-founders and as publisher and executive editor, respectively, of all other Gothamist-owned blogs.
The flagship Gothamist blog has received a number of awards and commendations, including six Bloggies nominations. It was named a "Forbes Favorite",[5] and a BusinessWeek "Best of the Web".[6] In 2007, Gothamist was named blog of the year by Wired magazine and given a Wired Rave Award.[7]
Notes
- ^ "media kit". Gothamist. http://www.gothamistllc.com/mediakit/titles/.
- ^ Torontoist Is Here To Stay, Torontoist, 8 April 2009
- ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/torontoist-bought-by-magazine-company/article1942040/
- ^ Londonist And LDN Join Forces, Londonist, 11 June 2010
- ^ "City Blogs". Web Site Reviews. Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/category.jhtml?id=323. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
- ^ See slide number 4 of 13 in Joseph Pisani, Special Report: Best of the Web: Your Favorite Bloggers: BusinessWeek.com readers' Top 12 Choices from the Idiosyncratic World of Blogging", BusinessWeek, accessed January 10, 2008 (slideshow).
- ^ Sonia Zjawinski, "The 2007 Rave Awards", Wired, April 2007, accessed January 10, 2008.
External links
Gothamist sites
Independently-operated affiliates
- Torontoist - managed by St. Joseph Communications
- Londonist - managed by LDN Creative
Sites on indefinite hiatus
Sites under new management
- Urbanistas São Paulo, formerly Sampaist
Categories:- Blogs
- American blogs
- Internet properties established in 2003
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