Xconomy
Technology news website
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Xconomy was a media company providing news on business, life sciences, and technology[1] focusing on the regions of Boston, Boulder/Denver, Detroit, New York City, Raleigh-Durham, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.[1] The website was launched in June 2007 by founders Robert Buderi and Rebecca Zacks.[2] Xconomy content covered "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] Bill Mitchell of the Poynter Institute described Xconomy in 2010 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 |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Informa Connect |
| Created by | Robert Buderi (founder) & Rebecca Zacks (co-founder) |
| Editor | Robert Buderi |
| 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 centers of activity afterward.[5][6]
In 2016, Xconomy was acquired by Informa Connect and moved its headquarters to Boston.[7]
Xconomy had webinar and podcasting services (Xconomy Xpertise) and formed a custom research and publishing arm (Xconomy Insight).[8] Xconomy also provided "underwriting programs, banner ads, display ads, and ad networks".[1]
Contributors
Notable contributors[clarification needed] to Xconomy include:[citation needed]
- David Baltimore – biologist and Nobel laureate[9]
- Esther Dyson – journalist, author, businesswoman, investor, commentator, and philanthropist[10]
- Brad Feld – entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist[11]
- Dean Kamen – engineer, inventor (e.g., Segway) and businessman (e.g., FIRST co-founder)[12]
- Vinod Khosla – engineer and businessman (e.g., Sun Microsystems co-founder)[13]
- Robert Langer – chemical engineer, scientist, entrepreneur and inventor[14]
- Marc Tessier-Lavigne – neuroscientist, executive (e.g., Genentech) and Stanford University president
