Julib.com

JULIB.com was founded in New York City in 2002 as an e-mail newsletter by Juli Benlevi from her West Village apartment.{{cite news|last=D'Amato|first=Suzanne|title=Glamming Up Your Inbox|url=http://old.julib.com/articles/washingtonpost08.html|newspaper=Washington Post|date=13 March 2008|access-date=25 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015718/http://old.julib.com/articles/washingtonpost08.html|archive-date=19 February 2019|url-status=dead}} It began with less than 400 users and by 2008, JULIB.com had grown to 700,000 subscriptions worldwide.{{cite web|last=Lukovitz|first=Karlene|title=Consumer Publisher Uses Digital to Build Print Equity|url=http://www.digitalmagazinenews.com/News/Sep08/PrintEquity.asp|publisher=Digital Magazine News|accessdate=1 Sep 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026075052/http://www.digitalmagazinenews.com/News/Sep08/PrintEquity.asp|archivedate=2008-10-26}}{{cite web|last=Bell|first=Lauren|title=Modern Luxury Expands Footprint Online and in New York|url=http://www.dmnews.com/modern-luxury-expands-footprint-online-and-in-new-york/article/112689/|publisher=DM News|accessdate=21 July 2008}} Prior to ceasing [https://www.julib.com operations], it published a Travel edition and 12 unique U.S. editions in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Washington, D.C., Boston, Orange County, Atlanta, and the Hamptons.

History

It was sold to the print publishing network Modern Luxury Media in July 2008 for an undisclosed sum who purchased the company to help promote its print magazines. Modern Luxury Media sold to Atlanta-based Dickey Publishing in October 2010.{{cite news|last=Marek|first=Lynne|title=Chicago Social Publisher Modern Luxury is Sold|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20100830/NEWS06/100839985/chicago-social-publisher-modern-luxury-is-sold|accessdate=31 August 2012|newspaper=Crain's Chicago Business}} Benlevi reacquired JULIB.com and relaunched the business in January 2011.{{cite web|last=Zeff|first=Juli|title=We're Back|url=http://old.julib.com/2011/wrback/011011.html|publisher=JULIB.com|accessdate=11 Jan 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127053206/http://old.julib.com/2011/wrback/011011.html|archive-date=27 January 2013|url-status=dead}}

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