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
edit- ^ Silverman, Justin Rocket (April 16, 2013). "Cory Booker's #Waywire Gets New Video Tools, Partners With CollegeHumor, HuffPost Live". Fast Company. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ Graham, Jefferson (November 26, 2012). "Waywire founder Cory Booker has YouTube in his sights". USA Today. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Halbfinger, David M.. Hernandez, Raymond. Cain Miller, Claire (August 6, 2013). "Tech Magnates Bet on Booker and His Future". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lawler, Ryan (October 17, 2013). "How Money And Politics Brought Waywire And Magnify Together". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ Lawler, Ryan (April 17, 2014). "Six Months After Acquisition, Magnify Rebrands And Relaunches As Waywire". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
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