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Type of site | Technology news and analysis |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | December 31, 2013 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco,California, U.S. |
| Owner | Dow Jones |
| Created by | |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | April 16, 2007 |
| Current status | Inactive |
AllThingsD.com was a US online publication that specialized in technology andstartup company news, analysis and coverage. It was founded in 2007 byKara Swisher andWalt Mossberg, as an extension of the annual meetingsD: All Things Digital Conference.
All Things Digital was a wholly owned subsidiary ofDow Jones & Company, and was a member ofThe Wall Street Journal's Digital Network, which includes WSJ.com,MarketWatch,Barron's, andSmartMoney.
In September 2013, Swisher and Mossberg failed to renew their agreement with Dow Jones.[1] On January 1, 2014, Swisher and Mossberg introduced their own site,Re/code, based in San Francisco, California.[2]
AllThingsD.com expanded upon the All Things Digital conference, which was launched in 2003 by Swisher and Mossberg. While the conference quickly became popular and prestigious among the business and technology communities, the number of attendees was limited to approximately 500 people. The web site was set up to "open the conversation to everyone."[3] Although the site operates year-round, during each "D" Conference it offers comprehensive and direct coverage of all events and presentations
AllThingsD.com focused on news, analysis and opinion on technology, the Internet and media, but considered itself a fusion of diverse media styles, different topics, formats and sources. Initially, the two main features of the site were Kara Swisher's BoomTown blog, and Walt Mossberg's technology product review columns from the Wall Street Journal. Since then, the site had expanded greatly in personnel and focus. Although most of the staff were based in San Francisco, many contributors, including Mossberg, worked primarily in other parts of the United States.
All Things Digital utilizedLivefyre to permit readers to comment on news stories.[4]
In September 2022, Swisher stated that most of All Things Digital's content (including video interviews withMark Zuckerberg andPeter Thiel early in their careers) had become unavailable, despite an agreement with the WSJ andNews Corp to preserve it after her and Mossberg's departure.[5]
AllThingsD.com featured nine different writers at the time of closure, where each had their own section of the site, as well as a separate category for other featured writers, both within and outside of the publication:
AllThingsD.com also hosted content concerning its D Conferences; besides the annual main event in late Spring, in December 2010 they hosted D: Dive Into Mobile,[6] the first brand extension of the conference in which representatives from leading mobile device and software producers were interviewed by members of AllThingsD.
TheAllThingsD logo can be spotted during theSeason 2 opening credits of theHBO seriesSilicon Valley, before being taken down and replaced by theRe/code logo as the intro animation progresses.[citation needed]
