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| Company type | Blog, Web hosting service |
|---|---|
| Founded | San Francisco, California on November 16, 1995 |
| Founder | Scott Beale |
| Headquarters | |
| Website | laughingsquid.com |
Laughing Squid is a blog featuring art, culture, and technology, as well as a web hosting company [1] based out of New York City, New York. [2]
Laughing Squid was founded on November 16, 1995 [3] in San Francisco, California as a film and video production company by Scott Beale, producing documentaries, including Alonso G. Smith, A Half Century of Social Surrealism [4] about San Francisco Bay Area surrealist painter Alonso Smith and You’d Better Watch Out: Portland Santacon ’96 [5] about the SantaCon event in Portland, OR organized by the San Francisco Cacophony Society in 1996.
In 1996, Laughing Squid launched The Squid List, a San Francisco Bay Area art and culture events calendar and email list that was decommissioned in 2013. [6] [2]
In 1998, Laughing Squid launched a web hosting company Laughing Squid Hosting.[ citation needed ]
In 2000, Laughing Squid became an LLC with John Law and David Klass joining as partners.[ citation needed ]
The blog launched in 2003. [7]
Laughing Squid sponsored the back of Frank Chu's sign from 2009 to 2013. [8]
In 2010, the company moved its headquarters to New York City, New York.
The Laughing Squid blog is run by founder Scott Beale, who is Publisher and Editor-In-Chief. He is joined by Contributing Editor Lori Dorn. [9]
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