Ankler Media

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Ankler Media
Company type Private, limited liability company
Industry Mass media
Founded2017;7 years ago (2017)
Founder
  • Richard Rushfield
Key people
 Janice Min (CEO)

Ankler Media is an American digital media company owned by the Ankler Media Group. It has three main business areas: email newsletters, podcasts, and live events. [1] [2] In 2021, its flagship newsletter, The Ankler, was listed as one of the top three business publications on Substack. [3] [4]

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History

In February 2017, Richard Rushfield [5] founded The Ankler as a paid subscription publication about the entertainment industry, which he then moved to the Substack platform two years later. [2] [6]

In January 2022, Janice Min officially joined the company to form Ankler Media, which expanded the initial newsletter into several newsletters, podcasts, and live events. [7] Min joined as co-owner and CEO, with Richard Rushfield taking the role of editorial director. [8] [9] [10]

According to The New York Times , "A focus of Ankler Media’s coverage will be the clashes between the tech executives now making big decisions in Hollywood and the ones who have been around since moviegoers waited in line to buy tickets." [11]

In June 2022, the company raised $1.5 million at a $20 million valuation through Y Combinator. [12] [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Two new Hollywood newsletters are betting they've got the town covered". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Inside The New Hollywood Newsletter That Everyone Is Reading". LAist. May 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Journalists are leaving the internet for your inbox". Daily Press. 27 September 2020.
  4. ↑ magazine, Los Angeles (December 14, 2021). "Janice Min and Richard Rushfield Team Up for Ankler Expansion".
  5. ↑ James, Emily St (December 21, 2017). "Hollywood needs to hire many more women. Doing that may require generational upheaval". Vox.
  6. ↑ "How Richard Rushfield's The Ankler Took on Hollywood". Vanity Fair. February 22, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Entertainment Trade 'The Ankler' Teams With Janice Min On Expansion Plans". www.mediapost.com.
  8. ↑ Hopkins, Kathryn (February 19, 2022). "Five New Media Launches".
  9. ↑ "The Ankler, a Hit Hollywood Newsletter, Charts an Expansion". adweek.it. 15 December 2021.
  10. ↑ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (December 17, 2021). "Janice Min Loses First Hire at Ankler Newsletter to Rolling Stone (EXCLUSIVE)".
  11. ↑ Robertson, Katie (December 14, 2021). "The Ankler, a hit Hollywood newsletter, charts an expansion". The New York Times .
  12. ↑ "The Ankler: Subscription entertainment news". Y Combinator.
  13. ↑ Fischer, Sara (June 21, 2022). "Exclusive: The Ankler raises $1.5M seed at $20M valuation". Axios.
  14. ↑ Dickey, Josh (June 21, 2022). "The Ankler Raises $1.5 Million at $20 Million Valuation".
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