Xconomy

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Xconomy

Type of site	Technology news & media company
Available in	English
Owner	Informa Connect
Created by	Robert Buderi (founder) & Rebecca Zacks (co-founder)
Editor	Robert Buderi
Commercial	Yes
Launched	2007; 17 years ago (2007)

Xconomy was a media company providing news on business, life sciences, and technology^[1] focusing on the regions of Boston, Boulder/Denver, Detroit, New York City, Raleigh-Durham, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.^[1] The website was launched in June 2007 by founders Robert Buderi and Rebecca Zacks.^[2] Xconomy content covered "local personalities, companies, and technological trends to business and technology leaders" with a target audience of "entrepreneurs, business and technology executives and innovators, venture capitalists, angel investors, lawyers, and university researchers and officials."^[1] Bill Mitchell of the Poynter Institute described Xconomy in 2010 as reflecting "the insiderish feel of, say, Politico, but with some of the familiarity that you might expect from a small town paper."^[3]