Mashable

{{Short description|International media platform}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox website | name = Mashable | logo = [[File:Mashable icon.svg|frameless|40px]]  [[File:Mashable Logo (2021).svg|150px|frameless|class=skin-invert]] | company_type = [[Subsidiary]] | foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|2005}}{{Cite web |date=2016-10-21 |title=Pete Cashmore |url=https://mashable.com/author/pete-cashmore |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Mashable |language=en}} | founder = [[Pete Cashmore]] | location_city = New York City{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0932527D:US |title=Mashable, Inc.: Private Company Information | publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]}} | area_served = {{hlist|United States|United Kingdom|Benelux|India|Middle East|Southeast Asia|Pakistan|Italy|Australia}} | key_people = Pete Cashmore | subsid = CineFix{{cite web|url=http://www.whalerockindustries.com|title=Whalerock Industries|publisher=whalerockindustries.com|access-date=17 August 2017|archive-date=17 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817163522/http://www.whalerockindustries.com/|url-status=live}}Mashable Studios{{cite web|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/mashable-acquires-rights-cinefix/405805|title=Mashable Acquires Rights to CineFix – Multichannel|publisher=multichannel.com|date=20 June 2016|access-date=17 August 2017|archive-date=17 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817164143/http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/mashable-acquires-rights-cinefix/405805|url-status=live}} | url = {{URL|mashable.com}} | website_type = Digital media, news | language = {{hlist|English|French|Dutch|Italian|Hindi}} | current_status = Active | parent = [[Ziff Davis]] (December 2017 – present) }}

'''Mashable'''{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/privacy-policy/|title=Mashable, Inc. Peron Plummeracy Policy|publisher=Mashable|access-date=17 August 2017|archive-date=3 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203133111/http://mashable.com/privacy-policy/|url-status=live}} is a [[Online newspaper|news website]], [[digital media]] platform and entertainment company founded by [[Pete Cashmore]] in 2005.[https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2014/03/17/pete-cashmore-and-olivier-fleurot-the-truth-about-millennials-at-work/ "KeronAnd Olivier Fleurot: The Truth About Millennials At Work"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222182836/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2014/03/17/pete-cashmore-and-olivier-fleurot-the-truth-about-millennials-at-work/ |date=22 December 2018 }} ''Forbes''. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

==History == Mashable was founded by Pete Cashmore while living in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland, in July 2004.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9141348/Pete-Cashmore-the-man-behind-Mashable.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9141348/Pete-Cashmore-the-man-behind-Mashable.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Pete Cashmore: the man behind Mashable|last=Barnett|first=Emma|date=13 March 2012|work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}} Early iterations of the site were a simple [[WordPress]] blog, with Cashmore as sole author.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=seMtCgAAQBAJ&q=mashable+cashmore&pg=PT16|title=WordPress for Small Business: Easy Strategies to Build a Dynamic Website with WordPress|last=Wilson|first=Scott|date=2015-07-15|publisher=Callisto Media Inc.|isbn=9781623156336|language=en|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=10 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310224711/https://books.google.com/books?id=seMtCgAAQBAJ&q=mashable+cashmore&pg=PT16|url-status=live}} Fame came relatively quickly, with ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine noting Mashable as one of the 25 best blogs of 2009.{{cite news|last=McNichol|first=Tom|title=Mashable – 25 Best Blogs 2009|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879302,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218140927/http://www.time.com//time//specials//packages//article//0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879302,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 February 2009|publisher=Time Magazine|access-date=29 June 2011|date=13 February 2009}}{{cite news|last=Huffington|first=Arianna|title=HuffPost Game Changers: Your Picks for the Ultimate 10|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/huffpost-game-changers-yo_b_363624.html|work=[[HuffPost]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|access-date=29 June 2011|date=25 May 2011|archive-date=17 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817175639/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/huffpost-game-changers-yo_b_363624.html|url-status=live}} {{As of|November 2015|post=,}} it had over 6,000,000 [[Twitter]] followers and over 3,200,000 fans on [[Facebook]]. In June 2016, it acquired [[YouTube]] channel CineFix from [[Whalerock Industries]].{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/mashable-buys-cinefix-1201799387/|title=Mashable Buys YouTube Channel CineFix, Further Pushing into Video|first=Todd|last=Spangler|date=20 June 2016|access-date=11 December 2017|archive-date=2 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202064458/http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/mashable-buys-cinefix-1201799387/|url-status=live}}

In December 2017, [[Ziff Davis]] bought Mashable for $50 million, a price described by ''Recode'' as a "fire sale" price.{{Cite news|url=https://www.recode.net/2017/12/5/16735262/ziff-davis-mashable-sold-50-layoffs-pete-cashmore|title=Ziff Davis has bought Mashable at a fire sale price and plans to lay off 50 people|last=Kafka|first=Peter|date=5 December 2017|work=Recode|publisher=Vox Media|location=San Francisco|access-date=6 December 2017|archive-date=6 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206110244/https://www.recode.net/2017/12/5/16735262/ziff-davis-mashable-sold-50-layoffs-pete-cashmore|url-status=live}} Mashable had not been meeting its advertising targets, accumulating $4.2 million in losses in the quarter ending September 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/10-things-in-tech-you-need-to-know-today-december-19-2017-12?r=UK&IR=T|title=10 things in tech you need to know today|last=Cook|first=James|date=19 December 2017|work=Business Insider|location=San Francisco|publisher=Axel Springer|access-date=17 October 2018|archive-date=18 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018043508/https://www.businessinsider.com/10-things-in-tech-you-need-to-know-today-december-19-2017-12?r=UK&IR=T|url-status=live}} After the sale, Mashable laid off 50 staff, but preserved top management. Under Ziff Davis, Mashable has grown and expanded to many countries in multiple continents, including Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia in several languages.{{Cite news|url=https://www.recode.net/2017/12/5/16735262/ziff-davis-mashable-sold-50-layoffs-pete-cashmore/|title=Ziff Davis has bought Mashable at a fire sale price and plans to lay off 50 people - Recode|last=Kafka|first=Peter|date=5 December 2017|work=[[Recode]]|access-date=6 December 2017|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|location=[[San Francisco]]|archive-date=6 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206000640/https://www.recode.net/2017/12/5/16735262/ziff-davis-mashable-sold-50-layoffs-pete-cashmore|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/mashable-agrees-to-sell-to-ziff-davis-for-around-50-million-1510863283?mod=e2tw|title=Mashable Agrees to Sell to Ziff Davis for Around $50 Million|last1=Hagey|first1=Keach|date=16 November 2017|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|location=[[San Francisco]]|publisher=[[Dow Jones & Company]]|access-date=16 November 2017|last2=Alpert|first2=Lukas I.|last3=Bruell|first3=Alexandra|url-access=subscription|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116220200/https://www.wsj.com/articles/mashable-agrees-to-sell-to-ziff-davis-for-around-50-million-1510863283?mod=e2tw|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/16/mashable-reportedly-selling-to-ziff-davis-for-about-50-million/|title=Mashable reportedly selling to Ziff Davis for about $50 million|last=Etherington|first=Darrell|date=16 November 2017|work=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=16 November 2017|publisher=[[Oath Inc.]]|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116220433/https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/16/mashable-reportedly-selling-to-ziff-davis-for-about-50-million/|url-status=live}}

In June 2021, Jessica Coen, Mashable's editor-in-chief, left the company to join Morning Brew.{{cite news|url=https://www.axios.com/jessica-coen-morning-brew-63e5e3ea-672b-4ada-8067-c18b6ce8b5af.html|title=Mashable's Jessica Coen heads to Morning Brew as content chief|date=14 June 2021|first=Sara|last=Fischer|website=Axios|publisher=Cox Enterprises|location=San Francisco|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614210817/https://www.axios.com/jessica-coen-morning-brew-63e5e3ea-672b-4ada-8067-c18b6ce8b5af.html|url-status=live}}

==See also== {{Portal|Internet|Companies}}

• [[BuzzFeed]] *''[[The Onion]]'' *[[Upworthy]]
• [[Vice Media]] *[[Vox Media]]

==References== {{reflist}}

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