''Thought Catalog'' is a
website
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founded in 2010 by
American entrepreneur
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An entreprene ...
and media strategist
Chris Lavergne.
[Newton, Matthe]
Thought Catalog And The New Age Of Confessional Media
''Forbes.'' June 7, 2015 Owned by The Thought & Expression Company, the site attracts 6.6 million monthly unique visitors.
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The site's founder, Chris Lavergne, registered the domain name in 2008, and began working on the site while a marketing strategist at
Warner Bros. Records.
[Weissman, Say]
Thought Catalog Wants to Capture the Millennial Moment
'' Digiday''. June 8, 2015 ''Thought Catalog'' started publishing on February 1, 2010. By 2012, ''Thought Catalog'' was attracting 2.5 million unique visitors per month, and began to attract many
millennial readers, with nearly three-quarters of the site's audience falling into the 21- to 34-year-old demographic.
The site is based on a semi-open model, employing staff and freelance writers while also taking submissions for publication.
''Thought Catalog'' receives between 100 and 500 pieces a day via the submission form.
[Schonfeld, Zac]
Thought Catalog’s Reckoning
''Newsweek''. June 8, 2015
In July 2014 ''Thought Catalog'' was drawing more than 34 million unique visitors per month, with much of the traffic due to social sharing.
[Marikar, Sheil]
''New York Times''. June 6, 2015
''Thought Catalog'' earns revenue from
branded content and banner ads, with the ''Wall Street Journal'' featuring the site on its list of "Sponsored Content That Buzzed In 2014."
Books
''Thought Catalog'' launched Thought Catalog Books with four original e-books priced from $2.99 to $4.99.
[Weissman, Say]
Thought Catalog Tries E-Books
'' Digiday''. June 8, 2015 As of June 2015, the imprint accepts manuscripts from their active contributors and from unaffiliated authors, some with agents, some without. They publish both eBooks and print books. In September 2014, Thought Catalog Books and UTA sold the rights to ''The Tracking of a Russian Spy'', by Mitch Swenson, to
StudioCanal
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. The imprint published ''
Prozac Nation'' author
Elizabeth Wurtzel’s book ''Creatocracy'' in early 2015.
Content
''Thought Catalog’s'' content, which includes
listicles,
essay
An essay ( ) is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a Letter (message), letter, a term paper, paper, an article (publishing), article, a pamphlet, and a s ...
s, and
think pieces, has been noted for its "millennial" voice.
[Herrera, Ti]
Inside the contradictory world of Thought Catalog, one of the Internet’s most reviled sites
''Washington Post''. June 8, 2015 Many well-known authors have contributed to the site including
Simon Critchley,
Elizabeth Wurtzel,
Tao Lin,
Nick Mullen,
Robert Greene,
James Altucher,
Mélanie Berliet,
Gavin McInnes and
Tim Ferriss, in addition to previously unpublished essayists.
''Thought Catalog''. June 8, 2015 These entailed co-publisher Brandon Scott Gorrell, conversational columnist Chelsea Fagan, technology and gaming writer Josh Liburdi, and Avery Hopwood Award-Winning Poet Jennifer Sussex.
Early on, the site was known for publishing alternative literature, with Tao Lin as a regular contributor.[Hasan, Heb]
Too Sincere for the Internet? How the Web Journal Thought Catalog Sparked an Online Firestorm
''TIME''. June 8, 2015
References
External links
*{{official website, http://www.thoughtcatalog.com
''Thought Catalog'' BooksThe Thought & Expression CompanyShop Catalog
Internet properties established in 2010
2010 establishments in the United States
Online mass media companies of the United States
American blogs