Guide Note

BoingBoing is a technology blog published by Federated Media. It covers topics ranging from entertainment to tech news. BoingBoing is overseen by a four-person editorial staff who are also frequent bloggers.

Fast Facts

1. Blog established: January 21, 2000¹
2. Owned by Federated Media Publishing
3. Average monthly traffic: 2 million uniques²
4. Total RSS subscribers: 500,000²
5. One of the highest-ranked blogs on Technorati's Top 100³

1. In 'Zine Form
   • BoingBoing began in 1988 as a magazine independently published by Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair. Its name was then spelled bOING bOING.⁴
2. In Website Form
   • In 1995, the magazine was converted into a website. It continued the magazine's general focus on cyberpunk content.⁵
3. In Blog Form
   • BoingBoing officially switched to a blog format in January, 2000. It has followed the blog format continuously ever since then.

Although other bloggers contribute to the site, BoingBoing's main editorial staff consists of:

1. John Battelle
2. Cory Doctorow
3. Mark Frauenfelder
4. Xeni Jardin⁶