BlogHer
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| URL | www.blogher.com |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Network |
| Registration | Yes |
| Owner | BlogHer Inc. |
| Launched | February 2005 |
| Revenue | Venture capital |
| Current status | Active |
BlogHer refers to a group blog and online community, and to an annual blogging conference for women. Three of the 2005 conference organizers, Elisa Camahort Page, Jory des Jardins, and Lisa Stone, began a company, Blogher LLC, which in 2006 also began a blog ad network. In 2007, BlogHers Act, a political blogging network by and for women, was started by the company.
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[edit] BlogHer conference 2005
BlogHer began as a conference in 2005 in San José, California. It began with an idea and a blog, and once announced, quickly grew to a 300-person conference on women and blogging. The BlogHer team in 2005 included Elisa Camahort, Elise Bauer, Jenn Satterwhite, Jory Des Jardins, Lisa Stone, Lisa Williams, Maria Niles, Mir Verburg, and Toby Bloomberg.
[edit] BlogHer conference 2006
The second BlogHer conference was held in San José and was much larger than the first, with at least 750 attendees. Keynote speakers included Arianna Huffington, Catarina Fake, Caroline Little, Chris Nolan, Mena Trott, Grace Davis, Meg Hourihan, and Marnie Webb.
[edit] BlogHer Business
In 2007, the community events expanded to a business blogging conference in March in New York City, and a third BlogHer conference in Chicago. BlogHer Business keynote speakers included Elisa Camahort, Jeannette Gibson, Stephanie Bergman, Rachel Clarke, Lisa Weinstein, Lisa Stone, Debi Fine, Marissa Mayer, Stacy Morrison, and Caroline Little.
[edit] BlogHer 2007
BlogHer '07 keynote speakers include Rashmi Sinha, Gina Bianchini, Annalee Newitz, Elizabeth Edwards, and Esther Dyson.
[edit] BlogHer 2008
On July 16, 2008, iVillage, a network of online media outlets owned by NBC Universal, announced that it had reached a partnership with the BlogHer network to provide content for sites across the iVillage network. Additionally, BlogHer received $5 million in funding from Peacock Ventures, NBC Universal's venture investment arm.[1]
[edit] BlogHer 2010
Blogher 2010 was held in New York City from August 6-7, at the Hilton New York.
[edit] Group blog and online community
In 2006, BlogHer started a group blog featuring over 60 women blogging on a variety of subjects. Its forums expanded to include a large worldwide community of bloggers who are women.
[edit] Notable attendees of BlogHer
- Barb Dybwad
- Kim Gandy - NOW president
- Carol Lin - CNN
- Gina Trapani - Lifehacker
- Amy Sedaris - Actress
[edit] References
- ^ Nye, Calley (2008-07-16). "BlogHer Inks Deal With NBC Universal, Raises $5 Million". TechCrunch. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071602439_pf.html. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
[edit] External links
- BlogHer.org blog network (http://blogher.org/)
- BlogHer conference announcement, 2005.
- BlogHer conference announcement, 2006.
- "Building Companies the Women's Way", New York Times, 6/28/2007.
- Cooper Monroe. BlogHers Act: How 11,000 Women Bloggers are Organizing to Save the World. The Huffington Post.
