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

Mashable said the site "warm[s] [the internet] up with fun and empowering, lady-friendly content". [2]

Current era (2015–present)

HelloGiggles was acquired by Time Inc. in 2015. [3] 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. [4] The print edition of the online magazine debuted in 2018. [5]

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References

  1. Bazilian, Emma (2011-05-27). "Zooey Deschanel's New Lady Site Is Called 'Hello Giggles'". Adweek. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  2. Christine Erickson 7 (2012-02-21). "How HelloGiggles Creates a Positive Online Community for Young Women". Mashable.com. Retrieved 2012-11-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. LA Times: Why Zooey Deschanel's media startup HelloGiggles sold to Time Inc.
  4. Alyson Shontell (2015-10-19). "Zooey Deschanel's startup Hello Giggles just got bought by Time Inc. for around $30 million". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  5. Perez, Lexy (2018-04-18). "'HelloGiggles' Lifestyle Site Makes Print Magazine Debut". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-08-05.