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Type of business | Private company Limited liability company |
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Type of site | Harry Potter |
Available in | English (U.S.) |
Headquarters | New York, USA |
Owner | Leaky Net, LLC (New York)[1] |
Key people | Melissa Anelli |
URL | www |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | 5 July 2000 |
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]).