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Babble.com
The Babble.com logo
Type of businessSubsidiary

Type of site

Blog
FoundedDecember 2006; 17 years ago (2006-12)
DissolvedDecember 14, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-14)
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
United States
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)
  • Rufus Griscom
  • Alisa Volkman
    • Key people
  • Samantha Bee
  • Thomas Beller
  • Claire Diaz Ortiz
  • Jenny Lawson
  • Joel Stein
  • Heather Spohr
  • Ali Wentworth
    • ProductsMicroblogging
    ParentDisney Consumer Products and Interactive Media
    (The Walt Disney Company)
    URLwww.babble.com
    AdvertisingNative
    RegistrationOptional
    LaunchedDecember 2006; 17 years ago (2006-12)
    Current statusDefunct (2018)
    This article is about the defunct online magazine. For other uses, see Babble (disambiguation).

    Babble was an online magazine and blog network targeting young, educated, urban parents.[1] Their site operated a large network of parent blogs, employing many bloggers on the subjects of parenting and child-raising.

    In early 2019, it was announced that Babble had been shut down.[2][3]

    History[edit]

    Babble was launched in December 2006 by co-founders Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman.[4] After one year, the site grew to half a million readers per month. Babble Media became an independent company in 2009,[5] and was acquired by Disney Interactive Media Group in 2011.[6][7]

    Reception[edit]

    The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) shortlisted Babble for its 2008 "General Excellence Online" award, writing that the "magazine skillfully combines in-depth reporting, thoughtful journalism, a dazzling variety of blog voices and visually arresting, interactive digital features. The result is a smart, hip and endlessly entertaining website that has revolutionized the parenting field."[8]

    Time magazine listed Babble.com as one of the 50 Best Websites of 2010,[9] while Forbes named Babble as one of the Top 100 Websites for Women.[10]

    Babble's advertising and sponsorship policies came under fire in 2010 and 2011 after several parenting authors and bloggers noted their breastfeeding guide was sponsored by Similac maker Mead Johnson.[11]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Pamela Paul (December 10, 2006). "Healthy Babies Need Irony". The New York Times.
  • ^ Lunden, Ingrid (January 7, 2019). "Disney quietly shut down Babble, the parenting blog it once acquired for $40M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  • ^ Babble Editors. "An Update on Babble". Babble. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  • ^ "About Us". Babble.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  • ^ Jenna Wortham (January 30, 2009). "Sexy Nerve.Com Kicks Parenting Site Out of the Nest". The New York Times. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  • ^ Evelyn M. Rusli (November 14, 2011). "Disney Acquires Parent Blogging Network". The New York Times. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  • ^ Shayon, Sheila (November 15, 2011). "Babble On: Disney Acquires Babble.com, its Blogging Parents and Critics".
  • ^ "The American Society of Magazine Editors Announces 43rd Annual National Magazine Award Finalists". American Society of Magazine Editors. Archived from the original on July 14, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  • ^ "50 Best Web Sites 2010". Time. August 25, 2010. Archived from the original on August 28, 2010.
  • ^ "Best Web Sites for Women - Blogs". Forbes. June 23, 2011.
  • ^ "Similac and Babble team up to dupe breastfeeding moms". phdinparenting.com. September 2010.

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