paidContent
{{short description|Defunct online news magazine}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
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| type = News website
| language = English
| owner = GigaOM
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| url = {{URL|http://paidcontent.org}}
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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2002}}
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paidContent was an online media hub that covered news, information and analysis of the business of digital media. It was founded in 2002 by journalist Rafat Ali to "chronicle the economic evolution of digital content that is shaping the future of the media, information and entertainment industries".{{cite web|title=About |url=http://paidcontent.org/about |website=paidContent |access-date=2012-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620064415/http://paidcontent.org/about|archive-date=2009-06-20|url-status=dead}}
History
Funded by Alan Patricof's Greycroft Partners in 2006, Rafat Ali's umbrella company, ContentNext, formerly had offices in Santa Monica, California and New York. ContentNext operated paidContent.org, paidContent.org:UK, mocoNews.net, which covered the business of mobile content, and contentSutra.com, which covered India's digital media markets.{{cite news|last=Kiss|first=Jemima |date=2008-07-11 |title=Guardian News & Media buys PaidContent publisher |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jul/11/guardianmediagroup.digitalmedia |work=The Guardian|access-date=2012-02-15}}
In 2008, ContentNext was purchased by Guardian Media Group for a reported $30 million.{{cite news |last=Kiss |first=Jemima|date=2008-07-11|title=Rafat Ali: from blogs to riches |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2008/jul/11/rafatalifromblogstoriches |work=The Guardian |access-date=2012-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417082942/http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2008/jul/11/rafatalifromblogstoriches |archive-date=2015-04-17|url-status=live}} It became a member of the Guardian Professional Group, though founder/editor Ali and CEO Nathan Richardson, formerly of Yahoo! Finance,{{cite magazine|last=Smillie|first=Dirk |date=2009-02-03|title=Nathan Richardson's Modest Proposal |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/03/nathan-richardson-yahoo-business-media-0203_richardson.html |magazine=Forbes|access-date=2009-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819153605/https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/03/nathan-richardson-yahoo-business-media-0203_richardson.html |archive-date=2017-08-19|url-status=live}} continued to run the media website as an independent business.{{cite news |last=Kaplan|first=David |date=2009-02-04|title=paidContent.org - NYT's Keller: We're Looking For Ways To Charge For Online Content Again |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/04/AR2009020400220.html |newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2012-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107120925/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/04/AR2009020400220.html |archive-date=2012-11-07|url-status=live}}
On February 8, 2012, paidContent was acquired by GigaOM through the acquisition of ContentNext Media.{{cite news|last=Rusli|first=Evelyn M.|date=February 8, 2012|title=GigaOM Acquires paidContent |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/gigaom-acquires-paidcontent/|work=DealBook |access-date=26 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328171617/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/gigaom-acquires-paidcontent/|archive-date=2013-03-28|url-status=live}} On November 12, 2013, paidContent was merged into GigaOM.{{cite web |last=Krazit|first=Tom |date=2013-11-12|title=Why we are moving our media coverage over to Gigaom |url=http://paidcontent.org/2013/11/12/why-we-are-moving-our-media-coverage-over-to-gigaom/|website=paidContent|access-date=2013-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122085945/http://paidcontent.org/2013/11/12/why-we-are-moving-our-media-coverage-over-to-gigaom/ |archive-date=2013-11-22 |url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://paidcontent.org/}}
Category:American news websites
Category:Defunct American websites
Category:Internet properties established in 2002
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