Livefyre

Livefyre
Type of site
 Hosted Internet forums
Owner Adobe Systems
Website http://web.livefyre.com/
Alexa rank Decrease 15,782 (Global, June 2015)
Commercial Yes
Launched December 2009

Livefyre is a San Francisco-based technology company with offices in New York, London and Sydney. In 2013, Livefyre was the fifth largest online network, according to Quantcast.[1][2]

History

Livefyre was launched by Jordan Kretchmer and Henry Arlander in December 2009. It began as a commenting platform for bloggers. The company's commenting platform, Livefyre Comments 3, was launched in July 2012. In August 2013, Livefyre launched its Social Native Ad Solutions group.[3] In November 2014, Livefyre launched a content marketing and engagement marketing platform called Livefyre Studio.[4][5]

In May 2016, Adobe Systems agreed to purchase Livefyre, planning to allow customers to monetize comments made using Livefyre. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Livefyre Network". Quantcast. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Shontell, Alyson. "Commenting Platform Livefyre Heads To New York And Is Expected To Generate $10 Million This Year". Business Insider. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Yeung, Ken (2013-08-13). "Livefyre launches Native Ad Platform, hopes to become the DoubleClick of social ads". The Next Web. Retrieved 2015-10-17./
  4. ↑ Uttam, Ujjwal. "Livefyre Added Studio & Real Time CMS for User Generated Content". Retrieved 22 Nov 2014.
  5. ↑ The Next, Web. "Livefyre upgrades its platform with Studio, a real-time CMS for user-generated content". Retrieved 22 Nov 2014.
  6. ↑ Sherr, Ian (2016-03-05). "Adobe buys Livefyre to turn your awful Internet comments into money". CNET. Retrieved 2016-04-05./
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