International media platform
Mashable Type of business Subsidiary Type of site
Digital media, news Available in English French Dutch Italian Hindi Founded 2005; 20 years ago (2005 ) [ 1] Headquarters Area served United States United Kingdom Benelux India Middle East Southeast Asia Pakistan Italy Australia Owner Independent (2004–2017) Ziff Davis (December 2017 – present)Founder(s) Pete Cashmore Key people Pete Cashmore Subsidiaries CineFix[ 3] [ 4] URL mashable Current status Active
Mashable [ 5] news website ,digital media platform and entertainment company founded byPete Cashmore in 2005.[ 6] [ 7]
Mashable was founded by Pete Cashmore while living inAberdeen , Scotland, in July 2004.[ 7] WordPress blog, with Cashmore as sole author.[ 8] Time [ 9] [ 10] [update] Twitter followers and over 3,200,000 fans onFacebook . In June 2016, it acquiredYouTube channel CineFix fromWhalerock Industries .[ 11]
In December 2017,Ziff Davis bought Mashable for $50 million, a price described byRecode as a "fire sale" price.[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
In June 2021, Jessica Coen, Mashable's editor-in-chief, left the company to join Morning Brew.[ 17]
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