Jen Chung

After getting the plug pulled by billionaire owner Joe Rickets back in November, a consortium of Public Radio stations — WNYC in New York, WAMU in Washington DC, and KPCC in Southern California — have acquired the rights and archives of Gothamist, as well as LAist, DCist and DNAInfo…

Following the shut down on Thursday (11/2) of Gothamist and DNAInfo, former Gothamist owners Jen Chung and Jake Dobkin have co-signed a “Thank You” letter that thanks many people responsible for Gothamist’s success including…. Joe Ricketts, the man who bought it from them and shut it down completely months later