DNAinfo
| Editor-in-chief | John Ness |
|---|---|
| Format | Digital Mobile device |
| Founder | Joe Ricketts |
| Founded | November 2009 |
| First issue | November 1, 2009 |
| Final issue | November 2, 2017 |
| Company | New Media News, LLC |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York, New York Chicago |
| Language | English |
| Website | www www |
DNAinfowas anonline newspaperthat focused on neighborhood news inNew York CityandChicago.It was closed down by CEO and ownerJoe Rickettsin November 2017 after writers in its New York branch voted tounionize,a move to which Ricketts was opposed.[1]
History
[edit]Founded byJoe Rickettsin November 2009 as "Digital Network Associates",[2]DNAinfo began by offering online, hyperlocal coverage for New York City and online coverage for Chicago launched in November 2012.[3][4][5]In December 2013,DNAinfolaunched a print version coverage by the name,DNAinfo.[6]The operational and editorial offices forDNAinfowere in New York and Chicago.DNAinfois also a registered trademark.[7]
In March 2017, DNAinfo purchased the New York media companyGothamist.[8]
On November 2, 2017, Ricketts posted to both DNAinfo and the "-ist" network sites that both websites would immediately cease operations, a week after Gothamist writers voted to unionize with theWriters Guild of America, East.[9]All content from all DNAinfo sites and all subsidiary sites were taken down.[10]The next day, archives of the sites were returned to functionality.[11]Ricketts's shutdown was criticized as being an act of retaliation after the two companies' workers had joined a union.[12]
After DNAinfo shutdown, three of the Chicago newspaper's former editors decided to launch their own independent hyperlocal news organization. Within a few months,Block Club Chicagohad raised more than $183,000 onKickstarter.By the end of 2018, after 6 months of publishing,Block Club Chicagohad more than 6,000 paid subscribers and over 7 million pageviews.[13][better source needed]
References
[edit]- ^Newman, Andy; Leland, John (2 November 2017)."DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shut Down After Vote to Unionize".The New York Times.Retrieved2 November2017.
- ^"Digital Network Associates (DNA)".23 February 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 23 February 2009.Retrieved2 November2017.
- ^"Billionaire Puts Wager On Really Local Online News,"by Matthew Flamm,Crain's New York Business,December 2010
- ^"Three Birds, a Billionaire and the Hyper-Local Future of News,"by Felix Gillette,The New York Observer,May 2010;ISSN1052-2948
- ^"New York Hyperlocal Startup DNAinfo Launches in Chicago,"by Joe Pompeo,Politico Media beta,November 26, 2012
- ^Lazare, Lewis (9 December 2013)."DNAinfo reaching out with a very traditional approach".Chicago Business Journal.Retrieved20 September2017.
- ^"DNAinfo," registered trademark, Registration No.4570965,USPTO,July 22, 2014
- ^"DNAinfo Is Buying Gothamist".Adweek.Retrieved2017-06-06.
- ^Feder, Robert (2 November 2017)."Ricketts shuts down DNAinfo".Retrieved2 November2017.
- ^Newman, Andy; Leland, John (November 2, 2017)."DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shutting Down".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedNovember 2,2017.
- ^Yanofsky, David (2017-11-03)."DNAInfo's and Gothamist's archives still exist and are likely to be resurrected".Quartz.Retrieved2017-11-04.
- ^Nolan, Hamilton (2017-11-03)."Opinion | A Billionaire Destroyed His Newsrooms Out of Spite".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2017-11-04.
- ^Libby, Megan (2018-12-06)."7 Million Pageviews and Counting | How Block Club Chicago Has Built a Thriving Reader Community".Civil.Retrieved2019-04-27.
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