Wetpaint
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Internet technology (2006–2018) |
Founded | October 2005 |
Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
Products | Technology platforms for the media industry; formerly wiki hosting |
Revenue | Venture capital funded |
Owner | Function(X) |
Number of employees | 65 |
Website | http://www.wetpaint.com (defunct as of mid-2020) |
Wetpaint was an
History
Wetpaint was originally called Wikisphere, and begun as a
Wetpaint was named by
In March 2008, Wetpaint added
In July 2009, Wetpaint laid off 15 of their 56 employees.[8] An additional 9 employees, including co-founders Kevin Flaherty and Alex Berg, were laid off in December.[9] The company also decided to refocus the website on professionally created content. Both steps were taken as a result of declining online ad revenue.[9]
During late 2009, Wetpaint re-launched its main homepage, at wetpaint.com, as the Wetpaint Entertainment platform, a set of new online TV fan destination sites, geared toward the female 18-34 demographic.[10] The wiki farm was renamed "Wikis by Wetpaint", and was moved to the domain wetpaintcentral.com.
In December 2010, the company announced the Wetpaint Social Distribution System.[11]
In December 2012, Wetpaint was acquired by Viggle,[12] an entertainment rewards platform, which was shortly renamed to its former name, Function(X).
Updates to wetpaint.com stopped in 2018, leaving the site stagnant until it finally went defunct in mid-2020.
References
- ^ Wet Paint Wiki - WikiFoundry Central, 2013-09-01, retrieved 2017-10-25
- ^ "WikiFoundry". www.wikifoundry.com. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "Startup Wikisphere changes its name to Wetpaint". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 2005-12-01.
- ^ Cook, John (2005-11-02). "Startup Wikisphere raises $5.25 million in 1st round". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- ^ "Wiki Providers Score Funding". Red Herring. 2007-02-22.
- Time Magazine. 2007-07-09. Archived from the originalon July 12, 2007.
- ^ "Wetpaint Goes Social". press release. Wetpaint. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ "Seattle Layoff Update:Targeted Genetics, Wetpaint, Google, and Others Cut Staff". xconomy. 2009-08-26.
- ^ a b "Exclusive: Wetpaint cuts staff, changes focus to publishing". John Cook, TechFlash. 2009-12-04.
- ^ Wetpaint Launches Online TV Fan Destination With Coverage Of This Fall's Most Anticipated TV Programs
- ^ "Wetpaint Entertainment Rapidly Becomes a Leading Online Entertainment News Source Due to Wetpaint's Proprietary Social Distribution System".
- ^ "Viggle Acquires Wetpaint". Press Release. 2013-12-16.
External links
- Official website (Archived)