Medium (website)

Medium
Type of businessPrivately held company
Available inEnglish (specific publications can be in Spanish, French, and other languages)
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerA Medium Corporation
Founder(s)Evan Williams
ChairmanEvan Williams
CEOTony Stubblebine
IndustryInternet
Products
Services
Employees179 (June 2021)[1]
URLmedium.com
RegistrationRequired to publish and write articles, some articles not behind the paywall are free
LaunchedAugust 15, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-08-15)
Current statusActive
Native client(s) oniOS and Android

Medium is an American online publishing platform developed by Evan Williams and launched in August 2012. It is owned by A Medium Corporation.[2] The platform is an example of social journalism, having a hybrid collection of amateur and professional people and publications, or exclusive blogs or publishers on Medium,[3] and is regularly regarded as a blog host.

Williams, previously co-founder of Blogger and Twitter,[4] initially developed Medium as a means to publish writings and documents longer than Twitter's 140-character (now 280-character) maximum.

In March 2021, Medium announced a change in its publishing strategy and business model, reducing its own publications and increasing support of independent writers.[5]

  1. ^ Mascarenhas, Natasha (June 3, 2021). "Medium sees more employee exits after CEO publishes 'culture memo'". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "A Medium Corp – Company Profile and News – Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  3. ^ Sussman, Ed. "The New Rules of Social Journalism". Pando Daily. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  4. ^ Madrigal, Alexis C. (August 23, 2013). "What Is Medium?". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  5. ^ Robertson, Katie (March 23, 2021). "Medium Offers Buyouts to Editorial Employees". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2021.