Vox Media

Vox Media, Inc.
Company type	Private
Industry	Mass media
Predecessors	SportsBlogs, Inc.
Founded	November 1, 2011
Founders	Jim Bankoff; Trei Brundrett;
Headquarters	85 Broad Street; New York, NY 10004; U.S.
Key people	Pam Wasserstein (president); Jim Bankoff (chairman, CEO); Margaret Chu (CFO); Ryan Pauley (CRO);
Brands	Curbed; The Dodo; Eater; Grub Street; Intelligencer; JASH; New York; NowThis; Polygon; PopSugar; SB Nation; The Cut; The Strategist; Seeker; Thrillist; The Verge; Vox; Vulture;
Owner	Comcast (~34%)
Divisions	Epic; Vox Creative; Vox Media Studios; Vox Media Podcast Network;
Website	voxmedia.com

Vox Media, Inc. is an American mass media company founded in Washington, D.C. with operational headquarters in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The company was established in November 2011 by CEO Jim Bankoff and Trei Brundrett to encompass SB Nation (a sports blog network founded in 2003 by Tyler Bleszinski, Markos Moulitsas, and Jerome Armstrong) and The Verge (a technology news website launched alongside Vox Media). Bankoff had been the CEO for SB Nation since 2009.

Vox Media owns numerous editorial brands, most prominently New York, The Verge, Vox, SB Nation, Eater, and Polygon. New York further incorporates the websites Intelligencer, The Cut, Vulture, The Strategist, Curbed, and Grub Street. Recode was integrated into Vox, while Racked was shut down. Vox Media's brands are built on Concert, a marketplace for advertising, and Chorus, its proprietary content management system. The company's lines of business include the publishing platform Chorus, Concert, Vox Creative, Vox Entertainment, Vox Media Studios, and the Vox Media Podcast Network. As of 2020, the company operated additional offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, and London. In June 2010, the network featured over 300 sites with over 400 paid writers. As of November 2023, Comscore ranks Vox Media 35th-most popular media company among users from the United States.

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