Memeburn is a website that focuses on digital news and events in the emerging markets sphere.
[About]
Accessed 8 July 2013 Founded by
South Africa
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n entrepreneur
Matthew Buckland
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, the
Cape Town
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-based website focuses on current events in the world of
social media
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,
mobile and general technology,
[Memeburn]
" Accessed 8 July 2013 and has featured interviews with the likes of
WordPress creator and CEO
Matt Mullenweg,
Foursquare
Four square is a ball game.
Four square may also refer to:
Internet and entertainment
* Foursquare City Guide, a local search and discovery app
* ''4 Square'' (game show), a British game show
* ''4 Square'' (TV series), a Canadian children's s ...
founder
Dennis Crowley,
Evernote CEO
Phil Libin, the co-creator of
Google Now and entrepreneur
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British billionaire, entrepreneur, and business magnate. In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields.
Branson expressed ...
as well
Naspers CEO Koos Bekker,
Wired founder
Chris Anderson and
Stumbleupon
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CEO Mark Bartels. It is particularly interested in the
BRICS, as well as digital innovation, viral online marketing campaigns and general tech trends.
Editorial expansion
In 2011, Memeburn expanded to launc
Gearburn.com a sister site
which is focused on gadget and game reviews and news and Motorburn.com, which focuses on car news. In 2012
Ventureburn.comwas created to focus on entrepreneurship and
startups.
The sites were rebranded collectively in 2013 as Burn Media.
In 2019, the sites underwent a redesign, with the Memeburn, Gearburn, and Motorburn sites operating under the Memeburn.com domain. Ventureburn.com continues to operate as a sister site. Both brands -- Memeburn and Ventureburn -- operate under the Burn Media Group brand.
Awards
In 2010, Memeburn was awarded the
UCT
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university stat ...
Graduate School of Business' Best Blog award at the South African Blog Awards, and later won a bronze award for Specialist Publisher Site at the Bookmark Awards.
Winners
". The Bookmarks Awards. Accessed 8 July 2013.
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