Laughing Squid
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| Blog, Web hosting service | |
| Founded | San Francisco, California on November 16, 1995 |
| Founder | Scott Beale |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York |
| Website | laughingsquid.com |
Laughing Squid is a popular, award-winning blog featuring interesting items of art, culture, and technology, as well as a web hosting company based out of New York City, New York.
The company itself was founded on November 16, 1995[1] in San Francisco, California as a film and video production company by Scott Beale, producing documentaries, including Alonso G. Smith, A Half Century of Social Surrealism[2] about San Francisco Bay Area surrealist painter Alonso Smith and You’d Better Watch Out: Portland Santacon ’96[3] about the SantaCon event in Portland, OR organized by the San Francisco Cacophony Society in 1996.
In 1996 Laughing Squid launched The Squid List, a San Francisco Bay Area art and culture events calendar and email list that is still in existence.[4]
In 1998 Laughing Squid launched a web hosting company Laughing Squid Web Hosting.
In 2000 Laughing Squid became an LLC with John Law and David Klass joining as partners.
The blog launched in 2003.[5] In 2011, the blog received a Webby Award for its role as one of the best cultural blogs on the Internet.[6] According to Quantcast, over 1.4 million people worldwide visit the site each month.[7]
Since 2009 Laughing Squid has been sponsoring the back of Frank Chu's sign.[8]
In 2010 the company moved its headquarters to New York City, New York.
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