The Leaky Cauldron (website)

The Leaky Cauldron
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Main page
Type of businessPrivate company
Limited liability company
Type of site
Harry Potter
Available inEnglish (U.S.)
HeadquartersNew York, USA
OwnerLeaky Net, LLC (New York)[1]
Key peopleMelissa Anelli
URLwww.the-leaky-cauldron.org
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched5 July 2000; 24 years ago (2000-07-05)

The Leaky Cauldron, also called Leaky, TLC, or Leaky News, is a Harry Potter fansite and blog. The site features news, image and video galleries, downloadable widgets, a chat room and discussion forum, and an essay project called Scribbulus, among other offerings. Since 2005, the Leaky Cauldron has also hosted an official podcast, called PotterCast.

The current webmaster of The Leaky Cauldron is Melissa Anelli, a former journalist for the Staten Island Advance and author of the 2008 bestseller Harry, A History.[2] The site's creative director is John Noe. The Leaky Internet business is currently incorporated as the for-profit Leaky Net Inc.[1] (to be distinguished from the non-profit arm, Leaky, Inc.[3]).

  1. ^ a b Leaky Net, LLC Registration with the State of New York[permanent dead link]. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 11 July 2010
  2. ^ "New York Times Best Sellers, Paperback Nonfiction". 23 November 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  3. ^ Leaky, Inc. Non-Profit Registration with the State of New York[permanent dead link]. 26 November 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2010