GeekWire
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| Web address |
www |
|---|---|
| Slogan | "Breaking News in Technology and Business" |
| Commercial? | Yes |
Type of site | Technology news and analysis |
| Registration | None |
| Created by | Todd Bishop, John Cook |
| Launched | March 7, 2011 |
Alexa rank |
 8775 (Global, March 2015) |
| Current status | Online |
GeekWire is an American technology news website that covers startups and established technology companies. The site launched in March 2011[1] and is based in Seattle. It was founded by veteran journalists Todd Bishop and John Cook with investment from Jonathan Sposato.[2][3]
GeekWire founders John Cook and Todd Bishop were former technology reporters at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Puget Sound Business Journal.[4] Bishop and Cook joined the Puget Sound Business Journal to create TechFlash in September 2008, leaving to start GeekWire on March 7, 2011.[5]
GeekWire is regularly featured on the Techmeme leaderboard as one of the sources most frequently posted to Techmeme.[6]
References
- ↑ "Seattle tech news mainstays launch GeekWire website". SeattlePI. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ "Sposato Invests in GeekWire". Xconomy. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ "GeekWire profitable after only two years". Jornalism that matters. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ "Gone in a Flash: Seattle Tech Bloggers Abruptly Leave Business Journal for All-New GeekWire". AllThingsD. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ "TechFlash Duo, Todd Bishop and John Cook, Quit PSBJ to Start New Site, GeekWire". Xconomy. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ "Techmeme Leaderboard". Techmeme. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
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