| Editor in Chief | John Newlin |
|---|---|
| Categories | Entertainment News |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Circulation | 10,200,000 per month[1] (within the U.S.) |
| First issue | May 2006 |
| Company | Zimbio, Inc |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | zimbio.com |
Zimbio.com, a San Carlos, California, USA-based company is an online magazine publisher. It was founded by Tony Mamone and Danny Khatib. The management team consists of Tony Mamone as CEO, Danny Khatib as President, John Newlin as Editor-in-Chief, Jen Mclean as VP of Marketing, and Bruce Martin as Chief Technology Officer.
Zimbio publishes a blend of professionally written featured stories, user contributed articles, videos and high resolution photography. The business publishes two online magazines including Zimbio.com in the entertainment news category and StyleBistro.com in the fashion and beauty category.
The company is venture-backed by Menlo Ventures and Draper Richards.[2]
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According to Quantcast, as of April 2011, Zimbio was ranked the 88th most popular Internet property in the United States.[3] That same month, the site was ranked as the 6th most popular Entertainment News property in the United States by comScore Media Metrix.
| comScore US Rank | Entertainment News Web Properties | March 2011 Readers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OMG! by Yahoo | 23.7 million |
| 2 | TMZ | 18.5 million |
| 3 | People Magazine | 13.5 million |
| 4 | BuzzMedia Entertainment | 12.8 million |
| 5 | CNN Entertainment | 10.1 million |
| 6 | Zimbio | 8.9 million |
| 7 | Entertainment Weekly | 8.2 million |
| 8 | E! Online | 7.5 million |
| 9 | GossipCenter Network | 7.1 million |
| 10 | Mail Online | 6.5 million |
The Zimbio.com website officially launched in May 2006, but did not attract a meaningful audience until 2008. In February 2009, Zimbio was named one of the fastest growing community sites on the internet.[4] However, later that year audience growth slowed. Monthly readership declined for the first half of 2010, until it began to grow again in October of that year.
Zimbio's second online magazine, Stylebistro.com, officially launched in July 2010. The site is focused on fashion and beauty and publishes information about what celebrities are wearing.
In April 2011, Zimbio released an iPad application, titled Celebrity Pictures, which allows users to access a large library of celebrity photos.[5]