Chowhound
Chowhound (or chowhound.com) is a food website that is currently maintained by Red Ventures.
Chowhound[edit]
Chowhound is a popular online food discussion board founded by food writer Jim Leff and Bob Okumura in 1997, known for its user base of food fanatics. In 2006, Leff and Okumura sold the site to CNET Networks, which redesigned it and merged it with CHOW magazine, keeping its busy forums, grouped by locale. After CNET was merged into CBS Interactive in 2008, the original chowhound.com domain was restored and CHOW was eliminated. It is owned by Red Ventures, as of October 2020.[1][2]
On March 7 2022, Chowhound co-founder Jim Leff announced that the site will be closing after 25 years online, due to difficulties in maintaining the website.[3] News of its closure was covered, among others, by the New York Times.[4]
Book series[edit]
Penguin USA has published two Chowhound restaurant guides, The Chowhound's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area and The Chowhound's Guide to the New York Tristate Area.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Hudson, Caroline. "Red Ventures adding jobs as it integrates ViacomCBS' CNET Media Group". Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ Spangler, Todd. "ViacomCBS Reaches Deal to Sell CNET for $500 Million to Marketing Firm Red Ventures". Variety. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ Leff, Jim. "A Final Goodbye for Chowhound". Chowhound. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ Asimov, Eric. "Chowhound Closes After 25 Years of Food Obsession, Wisdom, and Debate". The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ "The Chowhound's Guide to the New York Tristate Area by Chowhound: 9781101221457 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- Village Voice article on Chowhound sale
- New York Times article on Chowhound sale to CNET
- Newsweek article on Chowhound
- New York Times article on Chowhound
- Forbes Magazine article on Chowhound
- People Magazine article on Chowhound
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