Gigaom

Gigaom

Type of site	Technology news and analysis
Available in	English
Headquarters	Santa Barbara, California, US
Owner	Knowingly Corporation
Commercial	Yes
Launched	2006;19 years ago (2006)

Gigaom is a technology-focused analyst firm and media company. It was founded by Om Malik in San Francisco, California. In March 2015, it was shut down and in June 2015, its website and content were acquired by Knowingly and relaunched. ^[1]

History

• In 2006, Om Malik founded the company after operating a personal blog. ^[2]
• In June 2006, Malik left his day job at Business 2.0 to work on Gigaom full-time. ^[3]
• In April 2007, the company launched a blog focused on growing a startup. ^[4]
• In July 2008, the company acquired jkOnTheRun, a mobile-focused blog. ^[5]
• In 2008, Paul Walborsky was named CEO of the company. ^[6] Walborsky resigned in September 2014. ^[7]
• In October 2008, the company raised $4.5 million. ^[8]
• In October 2010, the company raised $2.5 million. ^[9] In May 2011, the company raised $6 million at a $40 million valuation, in a financing round led by RELX. ^[10]
• On February 8, 2012, Gigaom acquired PaidContent. ^{[11] [12] [13]}
• On March 9, 2015, Gigaom ceased operations due to financial difficulties. ^{[2] [14]} At the time, it had 6.4 million monthly readers. ^[14]
• In June 2015, Gigaom was acquired by Knowingly Corp., and was relaunched August 2015. ^[1] Gigaom's technology conferences were relaunched under a new company. ^{[14] [15] [16]}
• In June 2020, co-founder Ben Book was appointed as CEO. ^[17]

References

1. Preimesberger, Chris (May 27, 2015). "Remains of GigaOm Bought by Content Farm Knowingly". eWeek .
2. TAYLOR, CHRIS (March 9, 2015). "Farewell, GigaOm: Tech news powerhouse shutting down". Mashable .
3. Oremus, Will (March 10, 2015). "GigaOm Was Universally Respected. Too Bad Respect Doesn't Pay the Bills". Slate .
4. Arrington, Michael (April 14, 2007). "New Blog At GigaOm, Focusing on Growing A Startup". TechCrunch .
5. Arrington, Michael (July 22, 2008). "GigaOm Buys A Mobile Blog – One Less Independent Blog In The World". TechCrunch .
6. Malik, Om. "We Have a New CEO!".
7. Kahn, Gabriel (October 14, 2014). "How Gigaom Built a Media Business Around Free Content". PBS .
8. Arrington, Michael (October 6, 2008). "GigaOm Ignores My Advice, Raises Another $4.5 Million". TechCrunch .
9. Ha, Anthony (October 23, 2010). "GigaOm raises $2.5M, claims 10,000 Pro subscribers". Reuters .
10. Arrington, Michael (May 25, 2011). "GigaOm Raises Another $6 Million At $40 Million+ Valuation". TechCrunch .
11. RUSLI, EVELYN M. (February 8, 2012). "GigaOM Acquires paidContent" . New York Times .
12. "GigaOm buys paidContent" . American City Business Journals . February 8, 2012.
13. Tsotsis, Alexia (February 8, 2012). "Tech Blog GigaOm Acquires Media-Focused Site paidContent". TechCrunch .
14. SOMAIYA, RAVI (March 9, 2015). "Tech Blog GigaOm Abruptly Shuts Down". New York Times .
15. BOUTIN, PAUL (September 10, 2009). "GigaOM's Mobilize 09 - the 100-word version". VentureBeat .
16. OWEN, LAURA HAZARD (September 23, 2015). "How Gigaom died and then came back to life again, kind of". Nieman Foundation.
17. "Gigaom Appoints Co-founder Ben Book as CEO". PR Newswire (Press release). June 17, 2020.

External links

Media related to Gigaom at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website