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Jen Sargent and Gregory Ellwood launched HitFix in December 2008 to fill a specific gap in the media landscape. They created an entertainment news site that sat between dry trade publications and celebrity gossip sites like TMZ.
Golden Seeds provided the first funding injection for HitFix in 2009 as one of the largest angel investment groups in the United States. Tech Coast Angels followed with an initial commitment of $850,000 in February 2009.
On the 20th of September 2016, McWeeny announced on Twitter that he would no longer be working for the platform. He had joined HitFix in 2008 after announcing his move via a review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
By November 2016, the standalone website switched to redirect all traffic to Uproxx, another property under the same parent company. The original domain eventually ceased operations entirely after the transition period concluded.
The shutdown occurred in 2021, marking the end of over a decade of online activity. This closure followed years of integration into larger corporate structures rather than maintaining an independent identity.