What is Mashable?
'''Mashable''' is a news website and entertainment company founded in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schawbel|first=Dan|title=Pete Cashmore And Olivier Fleurot: The Truth About Millennials At Work|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2014/03/17/pete-cashmore-and-olivier-fleurot-the-truth-about-millennials-at-work/|access-date=2023-12-08|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> == History == Mashable was founded by Pete Cashmore while living in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland, in July 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-03-13|title=Pete Cashmore: the man behind Mashable|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9141348/Pete-Cashmore-the-man-behind-Mashable.html|access-date=2023-12-08|website=The Telegraph|language=en}}</ref> The early version of the site was a [[WordPress]] blog, with Cashmore as the only author.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-02-18|title=Mashable - 25 Best Blogs 2009 - TIME|url=http://www.time.com//time//specials//packages//article//0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879302,00.html|access-date=2023-12-08|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2009-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218140927/http://www.time.com//time//specials//packages//article//0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879302,00.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> In December 2017, [[Ziff Davis]], a digital media company, bought Mashable for $50 million.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kafka|first=Peter|date=2017-12-05|title=Ziff Davis has bought Mashable at a fire sale price and plans to lay off 50 people|url=https://www.vox.com/2017/12/5/16735262/ziff-davis-mashable-sold-50-layoffs-pete-cashmore|access-date=2023-12-08|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref> == References == <references /> [[Category:Websites established in 2004]] [[Category:News media]] {{stub}}