Mediabistro.com
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Mediabistro.com is a Web site that publishes various blogs and job listings for journalists. The site was founded in 1993 by Laurel Touby
as "a gathering place for professionals in journalism, publishing and other media-related industries in New York City", mediabistro.com has since grown into an international resource for media
professionals.
The site claims 1.4 million users have registered for its various services including job postings, educational courses, events, forums and its premium subscription service, AvantGuild. mediabistro.com is also home to a number of industry-specific blogs including TVNewser (covering broadcast & cable news), GalleyCat (book publishing), UnBeige (design), AgencySpy (advertising), PRNewser (public relations) and MobileContentToday (mobile apps).
On July 17, 2007, the site was acquired by WebMediaBrands for $20 million in cash plus a two year earn-out that could result in an additional $3 million.
The site publishes several popular blogs such as TV Newser
, about the broadcast industry, and various FishBowl blogs, covering gossip in the journalism communities of New York, Los Angeles and DC.
Laurel Touby
Laurel Touby is a journalist, digital publisher and entrepreneur. She is best known as the founder of mediabistro.com, the journalism and publishing resource site that she sold to Jupitermedia in 2007 for $23 million. She is married to Jon Fine, the media reporter for BusinessWeek.-Footnotes:...
as "a gathering place for professionals in journalism, publishing and other media-related industries in New York City", mediabistro.com has since grown into an international resource for media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
professionals.
The site claims 1.4 million users have registered for its various services including job postings, educational courses, events, forums and its premium subscription service, AvantGuild. mediabistro.com is also home to a number of industry-specific blogs including TVNewser (covering broadcast & cable news), GalleyCat (book publishing), UnBeige (design), AgencySpy (advertising), PRNewser (public relations) and MobileContentToday (mobile apps).
On July 17, 2007, the site was acquired by WebMediaBrands for $20 million in cash plus a two year earn-out that could result in an additional $3 million.
The site publishes several popular blogs such as TV Newser
TV Newser
TV Newser is an industry "ticker" blog, hosted by mediabistro.com, covering daily developments in the American television news industry. The blog is followed by a fair number of media executives and top talent: at a January 2006 luncheon of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the keynote...
, about the broadcast industry, and various FishBowl blogs, covering gossip in the journalism communities of New York, Los Angeles and DC.