Laughing Squid
{{Short description|Blog and web hosting company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Laughing Squid
| logo = File:Laughing_Squid_Logo.jpg
| foundation = San Francisco, California on November 16, 1995
| location_city = New York City, New York
| type = Blog, Web hosting service
| founder = Scott Beale
| homepage = [https://laughingsquid.com/ laughingsquid.com]
}}
Laughing Squid is a blog featuring art, culture, and technology, as well as a web hosting company{{Cite web |title=Hover Blog |url=https://hover.blog/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Hover Blog |language=en-US}} based out of New York City, New York.{{cite web |url=https://laughingsquid.com/what-is-laughing-squid/ |website=Laughing Squid |title=What is Laughing Squid? |date=14 November 2006 |access-date=7 June 2021}}
History
Laughing Squid was founded on November 16, 1995{{cite web|title=Scott Beale on 15 years of Laughing Squid (Q&A)|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20022995-52.html|work=CNET|accessdate=17 November 2010}} in San Francisco, California as a film and video production company by Scott Beale, producing documentaries, including Alonso G. Smith, A Half Century of Social Surrealism{{cite web|title=Alonso G. Smith: A Half Century of Social Surrealism|url=http://alonsosmith.com/documentary/|work=Alonso G. Smith website}} about San Francisco Bay Area surrealist painter Alonso Smith and You’d Better Watch Out: Portland Santacon ’96{{cite web|title=You'd Better Watch Out: Portland Santacon '96|url=http://santarchy.com/youd-better-watch-out-portland-santacon-96/|work=Santarchy & Santacon website}} about the SantaCon event in Portland, OR organized by the San Francisco Cacophony Society in 1996.
In 1996, Laughing Squid launched The Squid List, a San Francisco Bay Area art and culture events calendar and email list that was decommissioned in 2013.{{cite news|title=Squid Inc. / E-mail list publicizes underground arts scene|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Squid-Inc-E-mail-list-publicizes-underground-3240380.php|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=2 June 2000|first=Rona|last=Marech|accessdate=13 May 2013}}
In 1998, Laughing Squid launched a web hosting company Laughing Squid Hosting.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
In 2000, Laughing Squid became an LLC with John Law and David Klass joining as partners.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Laughing Squid sponsored the back of Frank Chu's sign from 2009 to 2013.{{cite web|title=Infamous eccentric Frank Chu explains the 12 galaxies|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/topics/frank-chu|work=San Francisco Examiner|accessdate=18 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130630075000/http://www.sfexaminer.com/topics/frank-chu|archivedate=30 June 2013}}
In 2010, the company moved its headquarters to New York City, New York.
Team
The Laughing Squid blog is run by founder Scott Beale, who is Publisher and Editor-In-Chief. He is joined by Contributing Editor Lori Dorn.{{cite web|last1=Beale|first1=Scott|title=Welcome Lori Dorn, New Contributing Writer at Laughing Squid|url=https://laughingsquid.com/welcome-lori-dorn-new-contributing-writer-at-laughing-squid/|website=Laughing Squid blog|date=20 December 2013 |accessdate=5 May 2018}}
Awards
- 2011 Webby Award: Web (Blog - Cultural) - People's Voice{{cite web|title=People's Voice Winner: Blog - Cultural|url=http://winners.webbyawards.com/2011/web/general-website/blog-cultural|work=The Webby Awards|access-date=2013-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117074816/http://winners.webbyawards.com/2011/web/general-website/blog-cultural|archive-date=2013-11-17|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [https://laughingsquid.com/ Laughing Squid blog]
- [https://laughingsquid.us/ Laughing Squid web hosting service]
Category:American news websites
Category:Mass media in San Francisco