Daily Hive

The site began its publishing in 2008 under the name Vancity Buzz and was founded by Manny Bahia and Karm Sumal. The name was changed to Daily Hive in 2016 when the company expanded nationally.{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Emily |title=Western Canada's Vancity Buzz expands nationally, rebrands to Daily Hive |url=http://business.financialpost.com/technology/western-canadas-vancity-buzz-expands-nationally-rebrands-to-daily-hive/wcm/356be128-57ba-418d-8db6-0a91422c5413 |work=Financial Post |date=June 1, 2016 |access-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-date=2017-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819105242/http://business.financialpost.com/technology/western-canadas-vancity-buzz-expands-nationally-rebrands-to-daily-hive/wcm/356be128-57ba-418d-8db6-0a91422c5413 |url-status=live}}

Concurrently with its rebranding as Daily Hive, the publication expanded to Toronto and Montreal.{{cite news |title=Vancity Buzz announces expansion plans to Toronto, Montreal |url=https://www.bcbusiness.ca/vancity-buzz-announces-expansion-plans-to-toronto-montreal |work=BC Business |date=June 1, 2016 |access-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-date=2017-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819104002/https://www.bcbusiness.ca/vancity-buzz-announces-expansion-plans-to-toronto-montreal |url-status=live}}

In November 2017, Daily Hive deleted many of their posts on their official Instagram account as a form of viral marketing, inspired by Taylor Swift's similar publicity stunt earlier in the year. They then posted images of the word "Nude". This stunt caused growth in their social media presence and gained them more followers than before.[http://mediaincanada.com/2017/12/01/the-daily-hives-unconventional-new-instagram-ads/ "The Daily Hive's unconventional new Instagram ads"]. Media in Canada, December 1, 2017.

In 2018, Daily Hive launched ID Agency, an in-house influencer marketing agency operating out of their Vancouver office.

In 2018, Daily Hive acquired Colony Digital, a full-service creative agency based in Vancouver.

In February 2019, Daily Hive acquired Torontoist, a long-running web publication that formerly offered similar coverage of Toronto.[http://mediaincanada.com/2019/02/07/torontoist-flies-to-the-daily-hive/ "Torontoist flies to the Daily Hive"]. Media in Canada, February 7, 2019. Originally established in 2004 as part of the Gothamist network of city-specific news websites,[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/torontoist-website-gets-reprieve/article665516/ "Torontoist website gets reprieve"]. The Globe and Mail, December 4, 2008. Torontoist was a property of St. Joseph Media from 2011 until its acquisition by Daily Hive.{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/torontoist-bought-by-magazine-company/article571808/ |title=Torontoist bought by magazine company |work=The Globe and Mail |date=March 14, 2011}} It no longer publishes original content as a separate entity from Daily Hive.

In 2019, Daily Hive made their first international expansion into the US market, opening channels in both Seattle and Portland.{{Cite web|title=Canadian Digital Media Group Daily Hive Expands into the United States|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/11/22/1951315/0/en/Canadian-Digital-Media-Group-Daily-Hive-Expands-into-the-United-States.html|last=Hive|first=Daily|date=2019-11-22|website=GlobeNewswire News Room|access-date=2020-05-27}}

Prior to its 2016 rebranding as Daily Hive, the Vancity Buzz site was the subject of numerous criticisms and controversies. Notable accusations included unethical journalism practices, plagiarism,{{Cite web|date=October 7, 2015|title=Vancity Buzz wants to be better|url=https://www.canadalandshow.com/vancity-buzz-wants-be-better|access-date=March 20, 2019|website=Canadaland}} and fearmongering.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-mall-video-men-1.3406619 |title=Mohammed Sharaz reveals why his group took photos that aroused Vancouver suspicions |work=CBC News |date=January 15, 2016 |access-date=March 20, 2019}}

In 2016, former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson accused Vancity Buzz of starting a media frenzy when the site published photos of three British tourists that were described as suspicious and "Middle Eastern" in an internal Vancouver Police bulletin.{{cite news |title=U.K. tourists feared public attacks after Vancouver mall photos leaked |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/u-k-tourists-feared-public-attacks-after-vancouver-mall-photos-leaked-1.2740190 |work=CTV News |date=January 16, 2016}} Robertson later apologized to the three on behalf of the city.

In 2018, former Vancity Buzz contributor Bartosz Bos sued the organization, alleging that he was owed more than $18,000 in back pay for work done in 2013 that was never compensated. Vancity Buzz was ordered by court to pay Bos $1,000 for "coming unprepared for trial" at a 2020 hearing during the suit.{{cite news |last1=Greer |first1=Darryl |title=Daily Hive Dinged $1,000 For "Coming Unprepared" For Trial |url=https://www.canadaland.com/daily-hive-dinged-1000-for-coming-unprepared-for-trial/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |work=Canadaland |date=January 31, 2020}}

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