Gothamist
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Gothamist is a New York City–centric blog operated by New York Public Radio. From 2003 to 2018, Gothamist LLC was the operator, or in some cases franchisor, of eight city-centric websites that focused on news, events, food, culture, and other local coverage. It was founded in 2003 by Jake Dobkin and Jen Chung. In March 2017, Joe Ricketts, owner of DNAinfo, acquired the company and, in November 2017, the websites were temporarily shut down after the newsroom staff voted to unionize. In February 2018, it was announced that New York Public Radio, KPCC and WAMU had acquired Gothamist, LAist, and D
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- Instance of
- Website
- Official website
- gothamist.com
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- inception
- 2003-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- Alexa rank
- 23390
- Commons category
- Gothamist
- social media followers
- 964268
- funding scheme
- crowdfunding
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history and other blogs
- Shutdown
- Relaunch
- Awards
- References
- External links
Gothamist is a New York City–centric blog operated by New York Public Radio. From 2003 to 2018, Gothamist LLC was the operator, or in some cases franchisor, of eight city-centric websites that focused on news, events, food, culture, and other local coverage. It was founded in 2003 by Jake Dobkin and Jen Chung. In March 2017, Joe Ricketts, owner of DNAinfo, acquired the company and, in November 2017, the websites were temporarily shut down after the newsroom staff voted to unionize. In February 2018, it was announced that New York Public Radio, KPCC and WAMU had acquired Gothamist, LAist, and DCist, respectively. Chicagoist was purchased by Chicago-born rapper Chance the Rapper in July 2018.
==History==
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