Gigaom is a technology-focused analyst firm and media company. It was founded by

Om Malik Om Prakash Malik (Hindi: ॐ प्रकाश मलिक; born September 29, 1966) is an Indian-American web and technology writer. He founded and wrote content for Gigaom, which he sold in 2015 after it faced financial difficulty. He authored ...

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. In March 2015, it was shut down and in June 2015, its website and content were acquired by Knowingly and relaunched.

History

In 2006,

founded the company after operating a personal blog. In June 2006, Malik left his day job at

Business 2.0 ''Business 2.0'' was a monthly magazine publication founded by magazine entrepreneur Chris Anderson, Mark Gross, and journalist James Daly in order to chronicle the rise of the " New Economy". First published in July 1998, the magazine was sold ...

to work on Gigaom full-time. In April 2007, the company launched a blog focused on growing a startup. In July 2008, the company acquired jkOnTheRun, a mobile-focused blog. In 2008, Paul Walborsky was named CEO of the company. Walborsky resigned in September 2014. In October 2008, the company raised $4.5 million. In October 2010, the company raised $2.5 million. In May 2011, the company raised $6 million at a $40 million valuation, in a financing round led by

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. On February 8, 2012, Gigaom acquired

PaidContent paidContent was an online media hub that covered news, information and analysis of the business of digital media. It was founded in 2002 by journalist Rafat Ali to "chronicle the economic evolution of digital content that is shaping the future ...

. On March 9, 2015, Gigaom ceased operations due to financial difficulties. At the time, it had 6.4 million monthly readers. In June 2015, Gigaom was acquired by Knowingly Corp., and was relaunched August 2015. Gigaom's technology conferences were relaunched under a new company. In June 2020, co-founder Ben Book was appointed as CEO.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gigaom American technology news websites Companies based in San Francisco Internet properties established in 2006 2008 mergers and acquisitions 2012 mergers and acquisitions 2015 mergers and acquisitions Research and analysis firms of the United States Websites about digital media