Zimbio
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Zimbio.com, a San Carlos, California
, USA-based company is an online magazine publisher. It was founded by Tony Mamone and Danny Khatib. The management team consists of Tony Mamone as CEO, Danny Khatib as President, John Newlin as Editor-in-Chief, and Bruce Martin as Chief Technology Officer.
Zimbio publishes a blend of professionally written featured stories, user contributed articles, videos and high resolution photography. The business publishes two online magazines including Zimbio.com in the entertainment news category and StyleBistro.com in the fashion and beauty category.
The company is venture-backed by Menlo Ventures
and Draper Richards
.
, as of April 2011, Zimbio was ranked the 88th most popular Internet property in the United States. That same month, the site was ranked as the 6th most popular Entertainment News property in the United States by comScore Media Metrix.
The Zimbio.com website officially launched in May of 2006, but did not attract a meaningful audience until 2008. In February 2009, Zimbio was named one of the fastest growing community sites on the internet
. However, later that year audience growth slowed. Monthly readership declined for the first half of 2010, until it began to grow again in October of that year.
Zimbio's second online magazine, Stylebistro.com, officially launched in July of 2010. The site is focused on fashion and beauty and publishes information about what celebrities are wearing.
application, titled Celebrity Pictures, which allows users to access a large library of celebrity photos.
San Carlos, California
San Carlos is a city in San Mateo County, California, USA on the San Francisco Peninsula, about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose. It is an affluent small residential suburb located between Belmont to the north and Redwood City to the south. San Carlos' ZIP code is 94070, and it is within...
, USA-based company is an online magazine publisher. It was founded by Tony Mamone and Danny Khatib. The management team consists of Tony Mamone as CEO, Danny Khatib as President, John Newlin as Editor-in-Chief, and Bruce Martin as Chief Technology Officer.
Zimbio publishes a blend of professionally written featured stories, user contributed articles, videos and high resolution photography. The business publishes two online magazines including Zimbio.com in the entertainment news category and StyleBistro.com in the fashion and beauty category.
The company is venture-backed by Menlo Ventures
Menlo Ventures
Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm located at 3000 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California.The firm was founded as one of the earliest venture capital firms in Silicon Valley in 1976 and provides provides technology venture capital funding for seed, early stage and growth companies...
and Draper Richards
Draper Richards
Draper Richards is a private equity firm focused on venture capital investments in U.S. technology companies. The firm was founded in 1996 by Bill Draper an early venture capitalist, who had previously founded Sutter Hill Ventures in 1964 together with Robin Richards Donohoe...
.
Audience statistics
According to QuantcastQuantcast
Quantcast is a California based company that provides publishers and marketers with the ability to understand, deliver and reach their best audiences at a massive scale...
, as of April 2011, Zimbio was ranked the 88th most popular Internet property in the United States. That same month, the site was ranked as the 6th most popular Entertainment News property in the United States by comScore Media Metrix.
| comScore US Rank | Entertainment News Web Properties | March 2011 Readers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OMG! by Yahoo | 23.7 million |
| 2 | TMZ | 18.5 million |
| 3 | People Magazine | 13.5 million |
| 4 | BuzzMedia Entertainment | 12.8 million |
| 5 | CNN Entertainment | 10.1 million |
| 6 | Zimbio | 8.9 million |
| 7 | Entertainment Weekly | 8.2 million |
| 8 | E! Online | 7.5 million |
| 9 | GossipCenter Network | 7.1 million |
| 10 | Mail Online | 6.5 million |
The Zimbio.com website officially launched in May of 2006, but did not attract a meaningful audience until 2008. In February 2009, Zimbio was named one of the fastest growing community sites on the internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. However, later that year audience growth slowed. Monthly readership declined for the first half of 2010, until it began to grow again in October of that year.
Zimbio's second online magazine, Stylebistro.com, officially launched in July of 2010. The site is focused on fashion and beauty and publishes information about what celebrities are wearing.
Applications on other platforms
In April 2011, Zimbio released an iPadIPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
application, titled Celebrity Pictures, which allows users to access a large library of celebrity photos.