AllHipHop
AllHipHop is a hip hop news website founded by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur in 1998.
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Type of site | Music website |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | AHH Holdings LLC |
| Created by | Greg Watkins Chuck Creekmur |
| Revenue | US$4 million (as of 2007) |
| URL | https://allhiphop.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1998 |
| Current status | Active |
History
The website was founded in 1998 by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur.[1] In 1997, Watkins registered the allhiphop.com domain to promote the artists on Oblique Recordings, a small record label he operated. The website provided music downloads to promote the label's artists. After reaching 30,000 downloads a month, Watkins struck deals with eMusic and other retailers to sell downloads.
Creekmur, a freelance journalist, had launched a website, tantrum-online.com, in New York City. After merging the companies, they adapted Trantrum's exclamation point logo for AllHipHop.[2] By 2004, the business generated enough revenue for Watkins and Creekmur to work on the website full-time. In 2007, the revenue exceeded US$4 million.[3]
On, August 12, 2017, AllHipHop announced it had partnered with Maven, a company based out of Seattle, to manage their entire digital media platform.[4]
Accolades
In 2006, AllHipHop won the Rising Stars Award from Black Enterprise magazine.
In 2007, PC Magazine listed it as one of the "Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites".[5]
Essence magazine dubbed Allhiphop "the CNN of hip-hop" in 2008.[6]
As of May 2008, it attracted over 37 million page views a month.[7]
References
- "About All Hip Hop". AllHipHop. Accessed June 15, 2008.
- "Staying Power Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine". Remix magazine. March 1, 2008. Accessed June 15, 2008.
- Pattison, Kermit (February 2008). "Allhiphop.com's Founders Thought a Weeklong Event Would Raise the Company's Profile and Boost Growth Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine". Inc. magazine. Accessed June 15, 2008.
- "AllHipHop.com: Same Content, Same Owners - New Tech Platform" Archived 2018-01-17 at the Wayback Machine. Maven. August 12, 2017
- Evans, Dan (August 27, 2007). "Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine". PC Magazine. Accessed June 15, 2008.
- Pattison, Kermit (February 2008). "Allhiphop.com's Founders Thought a Weeklong Event Would Raise the Company's Profile and Boost Growth Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine". Inc. magazine. Accessed June 15, 2008.
- Fung, Amanda (May 13, 2008). "Radio One inks ad deal with AllHipHop.com Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine". Crain's New York Business. Accessed June 15, 2008.