Memeburn

Memeburn is a website that focuses on digital news and events in the emerging markets sphere.[2] Founded by South African entrepreneur Matthew Buckland,[3] the Cape Town-based website focuses on current events in the world of social media, mobile and general technology,[4] and has featured interviews with the likes of WordPress creator and CEO Matt Mullenweg,[5] Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley,[6] Evernote CEO Phil Libin,[7] the co-creator of Google Now[8] and entrepreneur Richard Branson[9] as well Naspers CEO Koos Bekker,[10] Wired founder Chris Anderson[11] and Stumbleupon CEO Mark Bartels.[12] It is particularly interested in the BRICS, as well as digital innovation, viral online marketing campaigns and general tech trends.[13]

Memeburn
Type of site
Technology news and analysis
Available inEnglish
HeadquartersCape Town, South Africa
OwnerCreative Spark[1]
Created byMatthew Buckland
EditorAndré-Pierre du Plessis
URLMemeburn.com
CommercialYes
LaunchedApril 1, 2010
Current statusActive

Editorial expansion

In 2011, Memeburn expanded to launch Gearburn.com, a sister site[2] which is focused on gadget and game reviews and news. In 2012, Ventureburn.com was created to focus on entrepreneurship and startups.[2] The three sites were rebranded collectively in 2013 as Burn Media.[14]

Awards

In 2010, Memeburn was awarded the UCT Graduate School of Business' Best Blog award at the South African Blog Awards,[15] and later won a bronze award for Specialist Publisher Site at the Bookmark Awards.[16]

References
  1. "Memeburn". Creative Spark Interactive. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. "About" Accessed 8 July 2013
  3. Matthew Buckland
  4. "Memeburn Archived 2013-07-08 at Archive.today" Accessed 8 July 2013
  5. "The Future of WordPress: Q&A with Founder Matt Mullenweg" Accessed 8 July 2013
  6. "The evolution of Foursquare: Memeburn talks to Dennis Crowley" Accessed 8 July 2013
  7. "Priests on Evernote and dinner party productivity: chat with the app's CEO" Accessed 8 July 2013
  8. "From a 20% project to Google's future: Q&A with Google Now's co-creator" Accessed 8 July 2013
  9. "Richard Branson on open source, Twitter and entrepreneurship: the Memeburn interview" Accessed 8 July 2013
  10. "Losing 80 million without blinking: Koos Bekker's Memeburn Q&A" Accessed 8 July 2013
  11. "The blog is dead long live the blog: Chris Anderson on the future of media" Accessed 8 July 2013
  12. "Personalisation and social discovery: Q&A with StumbleUpon's CEO" Accessed 8 July 2013
  13. Digital Media and Marketing Association: "Memeburn" Accessed 8 July 2013
  14. "New Burn Media division incorporating Memeburn.com" Bizcommunity.com. Accessed 8 July 2013.
  15. "Winners" South African Blog Awards. Accessed 8 July 2013.
  16. "Winners Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine". The Bookmarks Awards. Accessed 8 July 2013.
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