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Type of site | Environmental Sustainability & News |
|---|---|
| Owner | People Inc. |
| Created by | Graham Hill |
| Editor | Chuck Leavell (Editor at Large) |
| Managing director | Molly Fergus |
| URL | TreeHugger.com |
| Launched | 2005 |
| Current status | active |
TreeHugger is a sustainability website that reports on news, and other subjects like eco-friendly design, homes, and gardens. It was rated the top sustainability blog of 2007 by Nielsen Netratings,1 and was included in Time Magazine's 2008 blog index as one of the top twenty-five blogs.2 The website claims to have "over 100 expert writers."
History
TreeHugger was acquired by Discovery Communications on August 1, 2007, for $10 million.345
In 2012, Mother Nature Network, founded by Joel Babbit and Chuck Leavell (now Narrative Content Group) acquired TreeHugger.
In 2020, Dotdash acquired TreeHugger and Mother Nature Network.6
TreeHugger has an annual award program known as "Best of Green Awards" for the best green initiatives within various sectors and categories.7
References
References
- "Online Consumers Call For Greater Transparency in Strategies for Environmental Sustainability" (PDF). Nielsen Online. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- "TreeHugger - TIME.com's First Annual Blog Index". Time. 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - Riley, Duncan (2007-08-01). "Discovery Acquires TreeHugger.com For $10000million". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- Hill, Graham (2007-08-01). "TreeHugger Acquires Discovery Communications". TreeHugger. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- DCI :: Businesses & Brands :: Digital Media Archived 2008-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Fischer, Sara (2020-02-04). "Exclusive: Dotdash acquires another 2 publishers". Axios. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- "Best of Green". TreeHugger. Retrieved 2010-04-09.