Xconomy
Xconomy is a Boston, Massachusetts-based media company providing news on business, life sciences, and technology[1] focusing on the regions of Boston, Boulder/Denver, Detroit, Indiana, New York City, Raleigh-Durham, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Texas, Wisconsin, and beyond.[1] The website was launched in June 2007 by founders Robert Buderi and Rebecca Zacks.[2] Xconomy content covers "local personalities, companies, and technological trends to business and technology leaders" with a target audience of "entrepreneurs, business and technology executives and innovators, venture capitalists, angel investors, lawyers, and university researchers and officials."[1] Xconomy has been described as reflecting "the insiderish feel of, say, Politico, but with some of the familiarity that you might expect from a small town paper."[3]
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Type of site | Technology news & media company |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Xconomy, Inc. |
| Created by | Robert Buderi (founder) & Rebecca Zacks (co-founder) |
| Editor | Robert Buderi |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 2007 |
History
Xconomy was founded in 2007 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[4] The original Xconomy site focused on the city of Boston before opening another outlet in Seattle in 2008 and expanding to other key technology clusters afterward.[5][6] In 2016, Xconomy was acquired by Informa and moved its headquarters to Boston.[7]
Services
Since its founding, Xconomy has also entered the field of business-to-business event production, launched webinar and podcasting services (Xconomy Xpertise), and has formed a custom research and publishing arm (Xconomy Insight).[8] Xconomy also provides "underwriting programs, banner ads, display ads, and ad networks".[1]
Notable contributors
Notable contributors to Xconomy include:
- David Baltimore – biologist and Nobel laureate
- George Church – geneticist, molecular engineer, chemist and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering founding member
- Peter Diamandis – engineer, physician, entrepreneur (e.g., X Prize Foundation founder, Singularity University co-founder)
- Esther Dyson – journalist, author, businesswoman, investor, commentator, and philanthropist
- Brad Feld – entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist
- Mary Lou Jepsen – technical executive (e.g., Facebook, Google) and co-founder of One Laptop per Child
- Dean Kamen – engineer, inventor (e.g., Segway) and businessman (e.g., FIRST co-founder)
- Vinod Khosla – engineer and businessman (e.g., Sun Microsystems co-founder)
- Robert Langer – chemical engineer, scientist, entrepreneur and inventor
- Marc Tessier-Lavigne – neuroscientist, executive (e.g., Genentech) and Stanford University president
- Anne Wojcicki – biologist and entrepreneur (e.g., 23andMe co-founder)
References
- Company Overview of Xconomy, Inc., Bloomberg Business, nd, retrieved 19 July 2015
- Rafat Ali (February 11, 2009). "Business News Blog Network XConomy Gets Second Round Funding". CBS News via paidcontent.org. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- "Xconomy Detroit Tracks Innovative Ventures with Innovative Journalism". Poynter. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
- "Xconomy - Boston Millennia Partners". www.bostonmillenniapartners.com. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- Scott Kirsner (June 3, 2010). "Xconomy planning to launch Silicon Valley site, ship Roush west". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- "The Xconomy.com coverage and expansion strategy - Talking Biz News". talkingbiznews.com. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- PLC, Informa. "Informa.com - 2014-2016 Acquisitions". informa.com. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- Bruce Bigelow and Wade Roush (December 22, 2010). "At a Private Xconomy Dinner, Luminaries Debate the Future of Innovation in San Diego". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved September 5, 2012.