What Happened To Gigaom?


Since 2006, website Gigaom has been a go-to site for tech news and accessible science. As recently as yesterday, Gigaom was posting articles about Apple’s tech announcements and HBO’s new streaming service. And then, the site posted a message to readers.

“Gigaom recently became unable to pay its creditors in full at this time. As a result, the company is working with its creditors that have rights to all of the company’s assets as their collateral. All operations have ceased. We do not know at this time what the lenders intend to do with the assets or if there will be any future operations using those assets. The company does not currently intend to file bankruptcy. We would like to take a moment and thank our readers and our community for supporting us all along.”

Reactions in the blogosphere and social media spread quickly. The New York Times reports that upon calling Gigaom for comment, someone picked up the phone, said “No,” and hung up again. Kara Swisher of Re/Code wrote that she texted site founder Om Malik for comment, and received back simply “Not now, dude.”

Malik later took to his own website to write a goodbye.

“There will be time for postmortems, but not today. Today, I want to thank all the people who make (and have helped make) Gigaom. Their role in this journey was what really made it all worth it. They are great people and they will all do great work wherever they go. I want to thank our investors who believed in the business long before it became fashionable. And most importantly, I want to thank you dear readers for coming along on this trip of a lifetime.”

And both fans and staffers tweeted about their sorrow at the closing of Gigaom‘s doors.

With the company not filing for bankruptcy, it’s difficult to know what the next evolution of Gigaom will be. What would you like to see from the company? Tell us in the comments.

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