Nerdist News

Nerdist News
Type	Newsletter
Founded	February 2012
Founders	Peter Levin, Chris Hardwick
Headquarters	United States

Nerdist News is a Nerdist-branded pop culture newsletter launched in February 2012. It was founded and operated by Nerdist Industries' CEO, Peter Levin, and its CCO, Chris Hardwick. It was hosted by Jessica Chobot.

Publication

The cross-platform publisher currently has two newsletter publications, Nerdist News and TOKYOPOP powered by Nerdist Industries. The target for the newsletters is socially active consumers of genre fare.

Nerdist

Comedian Chris Hardwick's Nerdist Industries, entered into an equity partnership with GeekChicDaily in June 2011.[1] Nerdist Industries operates a podcast network, including the flagship Nerdist Podcast, Nerdist Blog and NerdMelt theater at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles.[2]

In February 2012, GeekChicDaily fully merged with Nerdist Industries and became Nerdist News.[3]

References

Finke, Nikki. "Nerds And Geeks Unite In MultiPlatform Deal". Deadline. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
Graser, Marc (6 June 2011). "Nerdist, GeekChic team up". Variety. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
Hardwick, Chris. "Nerd is the Word". The Nerdist. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

External links

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[1] Finke, Nikki. "Nerds And Geeks Unite In MultiPlatform Deal". Deadline. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

[2] Graser, Marc (6 June 2011). "Nerdist, GeekChic team up". Variety. Retrieved 15 September 2011.

[3] Hardwick, Chris. "Nerd is the Word". The Nerdist. Retrieved 27 February 2012.