by Capitol Communicator | Jun 11, 2018 | B to C, Media
Seven months after local news outlet DCist abruptly shut down, the website officially relaunched today— and this time, its employees have a proper office, reported WAMU. “We don’t work in a glorified closet anymore,” joked Editor-in-Chief Rachel Sadon. The real-estate...
by Capitol Communicator | Apr 20, 2018 | Communications, Media
DCist secured two editors to its masthead ahead of its upcoming rebirth, states MediaPost, which added that local news sites Gothamist, LAist and DCist were shut down last fall, but then acquired by local radio affiliates earlier this year. Washington public radio...
by Capitol Communicator | Feb 24, 2018 | Bottom Left Sponsored, Digital, General
DCIST, the local D.C. news website shut down by “billionaire Joe Ricletts in November, is returning thanks to two anonymous donors”, reports DCRTV, which added that it will be “operated by American University public radio news talker WAMU. The sister...
by Capitol Communicator | Nov 14, 2017 | Media
DCistNOW.com proprietor Aaron Myers says he will change the name of his new website after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from counsel for NewMediaNews, LLC, which used to operate DNAinfo and Gothamist websites, including DCist. According to Washingtonian,...
by Capitol Communicator | Nov 10, 2017 | Media, Top Center Sponsored
Aaron Myers was furious when he heard that Joe Ricketts, the billionaire chief executive of the company that owns D.C. local news blog DCist, had abruptly shuttered the site after employees voted to unionize, reports The Washington Post, which added that “he...
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