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Jason Calacanis and Brian Alvey launched Weblogs Inc in September 2003 with financial support from investor Mark Cuban. The company began as a collection of subdomains under weblogsinc.com hosting dozens of blogs on tech news video games automobiles and pop culture.
Weblogs Inc sold to AOL for $25 million in October 2005 while AOL prepared to become an independent division within Time Warner. By late 2010 the Weblogs name disappeared entirely when the official website redirected to AOL.com during a major redesign of AOL properties.
Joystiq and TUAW shut down on the 3rd of February 2015 folding into Engadget following Verizon's acquisition of AOL earlier that year. AOL Autos and AOL Tech also closed around the same period redirecting traffic to Autoblog and Engadget respectively.
Greg Migliore served as final Editor-in-Chief while Adam Morath held the role of last General Manager before the transition. Staff were let go from Autoblog in September 2024 before The Arena Group purchased the website and hired an entirely new group of writers.
TV Squad launched on the 10th of March 2005 becoming one of the most popular television blogs online by 2006 with approximately twenty regularly contributing bloggers including Wil Wheaton and Maureen Ryan.