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Consumerist

Consumerist (also known as The Consumerist) was a non-profit consumer affairs website owned by Consumer Media LLC, a subsidiary of Consumer Reports, with content created by a team of full-time reporters and editors. The site's focus was on consumerism and consumers' experiences and issues with companies and corporations, concentrating mostly on U.S.…

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Owner
Consumer Reports
Available in
English
Created by
Nick Denton · Joel Johnson
Current status
Closed
Dissolved
October 30, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-10-30)
Editors
Ben Popken · Meg Marco

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Consumerist

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples55
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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Consumerist

Top relations

related to history · 12
Consumerist → Ben Popken, December, Defamer, Denton, February, Gawker, Gawker Media, In, Joel Johnson, Johnson, July, Wonkette
related to Vincent Ferrari and AOL · 10
Consumerist → After, AOL, Cancel, Ferrari, Ferrari's, John, On June, The AOL, Vincent, Vincent Ferrari
related to Facebook terms of service · 8
Consumerist → CEO, Do, Facebook, Forever, Inc, Mark Zuckerberg, On February, This
related to Highlights · 5
Consumerist → CEOs, CNN, Executive Email Carpet Bomb, Stories, The New York Times
Created by · 2
Consumerist → Joel Johnson, Nick Denton
Editors · 2
Consumerist → Ben Popken, Meg Marco
related to Closure · 2
Consumerist → Consumer Reports, On October
Available in · 1
Consumerist → English
Current status · 1
Consumerist → Closed
Dissolved · 1
Consumerist → October 30, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-10-30)

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ConsumeristAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
ConsumeristCreated byNick Denton1.00infobox
ConsumeristCreated byJoel Johnson1.00infobox
ConsumeristCurrent statusClosed1.00infobox
ConsumeristDissolvedOctober 30, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-10-30)1.00infobox
ConsumeristEditorsBen Popken1.00infobox
ConsumeristEditorsMeg Marco1.00infobox
ConsumeristLaunched2005; 21 years ago (2005)1.00infobox
ConsumeristOwnerConsumer Reports1.00infobox
ConsumeristRegistrationOptional1.00infobox
ConsumeristType of siteNon-profit consumer news1.00infobox
ConsumeristURLconsumerist.com1.00infobox

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