Waywire
Video-sharing website founded in 2013 by then Mayor of Newark Cory Booker, among others
Waywire was a video-sharing website launched on April 16, 2013. The company was founded by U.S. Senator Cory Booker , then mayor of Newark , Nathan Richardson, former president of Gilt City , and Sarah Ross, former executive at Yahoo! and TechCrunch .
The company raised $1.75 million in seed funding . Its investors include Eric Schmidt of Google .
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 . In April 2014, Magnify.net adopted the Waywire name for its existing enterprise software business.
References
↑ 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 .
1 2 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 .