GeekChicDaily
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GeekChicDaily(founded in October, 2009) was a multi-platform publisher ofpop culturebased newsletters, founded by Peter Levin and Gareb Shamus and operated by CEO Peter Levin.
Publication
[edit]The now-defunct publisher had multiple newsletter publications including GeekChicDaily, GeekChic Los Angeles and GeekChicNYC. The targets for the newsletters were socially active consumers of genre fare. Rebranded as Nerdist News post merger with Nerdist Industries.[1]
History
[edit]CEO Peter Levin and Gareb Shamus launched GeekChicDaily withPeter Guberand other advisors in October, 2009. The company launched GeekChic Los Angeles, a regional version of the newsletter, in April 2011.[2]GeekChicNYC was later added in August 2011.[3]The offices are based out of Santa Monica, California.
Nerdist
[edit]ComedianChris Hardwick'sNerdist Industries,entered into an equity partnership with GeekChicDaily in June 2011.[4]Nerdist Industries operates a podcast network, including the flagshipNerdist Podcast,Nerdist Blog and NerdMelt theater at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles.[5]On the Nerdist Blog, Hardwick stated that "Peter Levin, founder of GeekChicDaily, will take over the business-y parts of the growing Nerdist tentacles."[6]
In February 2012, GeekChicDaily fully merged with Nerdist Industries and became Nerdist News.[7]
References
[edit]- ^Graser, Marc (2009-10-16)."GeekChicDaily Set to Launch".Variety.Retrieved15 September2011.
- ^"GeekChicDaily Pop Culture Newsletter Launches Los Angeles Edition"(Press release). BusinessWire. 14 April 2011.Retrieved16 September2011.
- ^Tatara, Peter."GeekChicNYC Launches Tomorrow".31 July 2011.Medium At Large. Archived fromthe originalon 5 November 2011.Retrieved16 September2011.
- ^Finke, Nikki."Nerds And Geeks Unite In MultiPlatform Deal".Deadline.Retrieved16 September2011.
- ^Graser, Marc (6 June 2011)."Nerdist, GeekChic team up".Variety.Retrieved15 September2011.
- ^Hardwick, Chris."Nerd and Geeks Unite".The Nerdist.Retrieved15 September2011.
- ^Hardwick, Chris."Nerd and Geeks Unite".The Nerdist.Retrieved27 February2012.