Curated category
Internet properties established in 2008
- Io9Annalee Newitz launched io9 in 2008 under the umbrella of Gawker Media. The site emerged shortly after her previous project, Other Magazine, ceased print…
- HitFixJen Sargent and Gregory Ellwood launched HitFix in December 2008 to fill a specific gap in the media landscape. They wanted to create an entertainment news…
- The WBThe Federal Communications Commission issued a ruling in April 1993 that changed how media ownership worked. This deregulation repealed the Financial…
- The Daily BeastThe Daily Beast began publishing on the 6th of October 2008. Tina Brown served as the founding editor after leading Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
- Bleacher ReportFour high school classmates from Menlo School in Atherton, California gathered to build a sports website in 2005. Dave Finocchio, Zander Freund, Bryan…
- PatheosLeo and Cathie Brunnick launched Patheos in Denver, Colorado during 2008. Both founders worked as web technology professionals before starting the project.
- AirbnbIn August 2008, the website Airbedandbreakfast.com launched with a simple promise. It offered short-term living quarters and breakfast for travelers unable…
- Academia.eduRichard Price launched Academia.edu in 2008 as a commercial platform for sharing academic research. The site registered its domain name in 1999 when the .edu…