HelloGiggles

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HelloGiggles
HelloGiggles logo.svg
Type of site
Entertainment and lifestyle
Available inEnglish
Owner Dotdash Meredith
Created by Zooey Deschanel
Sophia Rivka Rossi
Molly McAleer
URL hellogiggles.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedMay 2011
Current statusActive
Founder, Zooey Deschanel Zooey Deschanel May 2014 (cropped).png
Founder, Zooey Deschanel

HelloGiggles.com is an entertainment and lifestyle website launched in May 2011. It was founded by actress/musician Zooey Deschanel, producer Sophia Rivka Rossi and writer Molly McAleer. [1] The website is geared toward women, and covers topics in popular culture, love, friendship, careers, style, food, and daily news. HelloGiggles.com is marketed as a "positive online community" by its users with a strict "no gossip" policy. Reader contributions are permitted, and many are published every day.

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Reception

Forbes' website called the site "one of the best examples of how the online landscape for women is changing due to fast and effectively strong word of mouth" and that it "offers engaging content for the young professional woman" while showing that the "voice of the modern young woman comes in a variety of flavors". [2] Mashable said the site "warm[s] [the internet] up with fun and empowering, lady-friendly content". [3]

Current era (2015–present)

HelloGiggles was acquired by Time Inc. in 2015. [4] The terms of the deal were not disclosed to the public, but online reports pegged the acquisition price by Time as being around $30 million. [5] The print edition of the online magazine debuted in 2018. [6]

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References

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  2. Deborah Sweeney (2012-04-18). "How Great Word Of Mouth Went Above And Beyond For HelloGiggles". Forbes. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  3. Christine Erickson 7 (2012-02-21). "How HelloGiggles Creates a Positive Online Community for Young Women". Mashable.com. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  4. LA Times: Why Zooey Deschanel's media startup HelloGiggles sold to Time Inc.
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