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About Longreads
Longreads was founded in April 2009 by Mark Armstrong.
For complete background on its creation, read this post.
For press inquiries, contact: mark@longreads.com.
For brand partnerships, contact Joyce King Thomas: joycekingthomas@longreads.com
Longreads in the News
Former McCann-Erickson creative chief Joyce King Thomas joins Longreads (Ad Age, August 2011)
Longreads Founder Mark Armstrong named one of New York Magazine’s 21 New Media Innovators (July 2011)
Nieman Lab: “Longreads continues its development from media-geek favorite to industry standard” (May 2011)
TechCrunch: Longreads Goes Social with Community Picks (May 2011)
Yahoo News: Rolling Stone and Longreads co-host a night for long-form journalism in New York (April 2011)
New York Times: Longreads—A Digital Renaissance for the Long-form? (January 2011)
Charlie Rose Show: David Carr on the iPad, digital media and Longreads (January 2011)
Revision3: Website We Just Can’t Get Enough Of: Longreads (January 2011)
New York Observer: Longreads Wants Your Mixtapes for New ‘Lists’ Feature (January 2011)
New York Times: Long-Form Journalism Finds an Online Friend (November 2010)
Lifehacker: “Longreads is chock full of good stuff” (October 2010)
AOL/Switched (October 2010): ”Armstrong has effectively managed to construct a massive tweet database, without sacrificing any of the streamlined brevity that makes his Twitter feed so ironically appealing.”
New York Observer: How Longreads Started (October 2010)
TechCrunch: The Perfect Content Companion for iPad + Instapaper, Longreads Get a Website (October 2010)
Longreads Featured in New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix
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