''Nerdist News'' is a

Nerdist Nerdist Industries, LLC (also simply known as Nerdist) is part of the digital division of Legendary Entertainment. Nerdist Industries was founded as a sole podcast ( The Nerdist Podcast) created by Chris Hardwick but later spread to include a net ...

-branded pop culture

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launched in February 2012. It was founded and operated by

Nerdist Industries Nerdist Industries, LLC (also simply known as Nerdist) is part of the digital division of Legendary Entertainment. Nerdist Industries was founded as a sole podcast ( The Nerdist Podcast) created by Chris Hardwick but later spread to include a net ...

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

, Peter Levin, and its CCO,

Chris Hardwick Christopher Ryan Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer, and producer. He hosted '' Talking Dead'', an hourlong aftershow on AMC affiliated with the network's zombie drama series '' ...

. It was hosted by

Jessica Chobot Jessica Chobot (born Jessica Lynn Horn; July 7, 1977) is an American on-camera host and writer. She has hosted the IGN shows ''IGN Strategize'' and ''Weekly Wood'', which also runs on Xbox Live; she previously worked as presenter of the ''IGN D ...

Publication

The cross-platform Nerdist Industries currently has two newsletter publications, ''Nerdist News'' and ''

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''. The target for the newsletters is socially active consumers of genre fare.

Nerdist

Comedian

, entered into an equity partnership with GeekChicDaily in June 2011. Nerdist Industries operates a podcast network, including the flagship ''Nerdist Podcast'' (renamed '' ID10T with Chris Hardwick'' in February 2018), Nerdist Blog and NerdMelt theater at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. In February 2012, GeekChicDaily fully merged with Nerdist Industries and became ''Nerdist News'', though the ''Nerdist News'' website has not updated since September 20, 2014, with ongoing content shifted to the main Nerdist.com page.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.nerdistnews.com (last post c. Sep 14, 2014)
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