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Gothamist Properties Will Be Revived Under New Ownership: Public Media

6:04pm February 23, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

WNYC will buy Gothamist, KPCC will acquire LAist, and WAMU is taking over DCist. The move is funded by two anonymous donors "who are deeply committed to supporting local journalism initiatives."

Joe Ricketts, the billionaire founder of TD Ameritrade, announced Thursday that he had shut down DNAinfo and the Gothamist network.

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Billionaire Owner Shuts Down DNAinfo, Gothamist Sites A Week After Workers Unionize

2:58pm November 03, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Joe Ricketts, TD Ameritrade founder and Chicago Cubs owner, created DNAinfo in 2009 to cover neighborhood news in New York and Chicago. "But DNAinfo is, at the end of the day, a business," he wrote.