paidContent was an online media hub that covered news, information and analysis of the business of

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. It was founded in 2002 by journalist Rafat Ali to "chronicle the economic evolution of digital content that is shaping the future of the media, information and entertainment industries".

History

Funded by Alan Patricof's Greycroft Partners in 2006, Rafat Ali's umbrella company, ContentNext, formerly had offices in

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and New York. ContentNext operated paidContent.org, paidContent.org:UK, mocoNews.net, which covered the business of mobile content, and contentSutra.com, which covered India's digital media markets. In 2008, ContentNext was purchased by

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for a reported $30 million. It became a member of the Guardian Professional Group, though founder/editor Ali and CEO Nathan Richardson, formerly of

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, continued to run the media website as an independent business. On February 8, 2012, paidContent was acquired by

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through the acquisition of ContentNext Media. On November 12, 2013, paidContent was merged into GigaOM.

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* Guardian Media Group American news websites Defunct American websites Internet properties established in 2002 Internet properties disestablished in 2012 2008 mergers and acquisitions {{news-website-stub