Business Insider is a U.S. business and technology news website launched in February 2009 and based in New York City. Founded by DoubleClick Founder and former C.E.O. Kevin P. Ryan, it is the overarching brand in which Silicon Alley Insider (launched May 16, 2007) and Clusterstock (launched March 20, 2008) verticals fall beneath.[2] The site provides and analyzes business news and acts as an aggregator of top news stories from around the web. Its original works are sometimes cited by other, larger, publications such as The New York Times[3] and domestic news outlets like NPR.[4] The online newsroom currently employs a staff of 50, and the site reported a profit for the first time ever in the 4th quarter of 2010.[5] In June 2012 it had 5.4 million unique visitors.[6]
Type of site | Online Newsroom |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Business Insider Inc. |
| Editor | Henry Blodget |
| URL | BusinessInsider.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
Business Insider hosts industry conferences including IGNITION,[7] which explores the emerging business models of digital media. In January 2012, Business Insider launched BI Intelligence,[8] a subscription research service that provides data and analysis of the mobile industry. The site each year publishes editorial franchises such as the "Digital 100: The World's Most Valuable Private Tech Companies".[9]
Contributors
The site editors vary greatly in background. Henry Blodget, a Yale graduate who previously worked on Wall Street before being censured and barred from the securities industry by the Securities and Exchange Commission,[10] is the CEO and Editor-In-Chief. Executive editor Joe Weisenthal has worked as an analyst and writer for a series of dotcoms,[11] such as Techdirt. Deputy editor Nicholas Carlson previously worked at Internet.com and Gawker Media's Silicon Valley gossip blog, Valleywag. Senior editor Jim Edwards was previously managing editor at Adweek.
Commendations
Business Insider was named to the Inc. 500 in 2012. The Clusterstock section appeared in the Time article "Best 25 Financial Blogs",[12] and the Silicon Alley Insider section in the PC Magazine article "Our Favorite Blogs 2009".[13] Business Insider was an official Webby honoree for Best Business blog in 2009.[14]
References
- ^ "Businessinsider.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ "Welcome To Business Insider". Retrieved 2013-04-05.
- ^ Harshaw, Tobin (October 30, 2009). "Was the Car Rebate Plan a Clunker?". Opinionator (New York Times blog). Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ "What's Fair Stock Value Anyway?". National Public Radio. Washington DC. December 2, 2008.
- ^ "Business Insider Turns A $2,127 Profit On $4.8 Million In Revenue". TechCrunch. March 7, 2011.
- ^ Hagey, Keach. "Henry Blodget's Second Act". The Wall Street Journal. p. B1.
- ^ IGNITION
- ^ BI Intelligence
- ^ "Digital 100: The World's Most Valuable Private Tech Companies"
- ^ "The Securities and Exchange Commission, NASD and the New York Stock Exchange Permanently Bar Henry Blodget From the Securities Industry and Require $4 Million Payment" (Press release). U.S. Securites and Exchange Commission. April 28, 2003.
- ^ Binyamin Appelbaum (May 10, 2012). "Joe Weisenthal vs. the 24-Hour News Cycle". New York Times.
- ^ McIntyre, Douglas A.; Allen, Ashley C. (January 22, 2009). "Best 25 Financial Blogs". Time. New York. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ "Our Favorite Blogs 2009". PC Magazine. New York. November 23, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ "Blog-Business: Offical Honoree". Webby Awards.