Waywire
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Waywire was a video-sharing website launched on April 16, 2013.[1] The company was founded by Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, Nathan Richardson, former president of Gilt City, and Sarah Ross, former executive at Yahoo! and TechCrunch.[2] The company raised $1.75 million in seed funding.[3] Its investors include Eric Schmidt of Google.[3]
In October 2013, Waywire was acquired by Magnify.net, a video aggregation and curation platform founded in 2006 by New York City producer Steven Rosenbaum.[4] In April 2014, Magnify.net adopted the Waywire name for its existing enterprise software business.[5]
References
- ↑ Silverman, Justin Rocket (April 16, 2013). "Cory Booker's #Waywire Gets New Video Tools, Partners With CollegeHumor, HuffPost Live". Fast Company. http://www.fastcompany.com/3008369/tech-forecast/cory-bookers-waywire-gets-new-video-tools-partners-collegehumor-huffpost-live. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ↑ Graham, Jefferson (November 26, 2012). "Waywire founder Cory Booker has YouTube in his sights". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/talkingtech/2012/11/22/mayor-booker-and-waywire/1715461/. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Halbfinger, David M.. Hernandez, Raymond. Cain Miller, Claire (August 6, 2013). "Tech Magnates Bet on Booker and His Future". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/07/nyregion/tech-magnates-bet-on-booker-in-web-venture.html?hp&_r=0. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ↑ Lawler, Ryan (October 17, 2013). "How Money And Politics Brought Waywire And Magnify Together". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2013/10/17/how-money-and-politics-brought-waywire-and-magnify-together/. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ↑ Lawler, Ryan (April 17, 2014). "Six Months After Acquisition, Magnify Rebrands And Relaunches As Waywire". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/17/magnify-waywire-turnover//. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
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