Memeburn is a website that focuses on digital news and events in the emerging markets sphere."About" Accessed 8 July 2013 Founded by South African entrepreneur Matthew Buckland,Matthew Buckland the Cape Town-based website focuses on current events in the world of social media, mobile and general technology,"Memeburn " Accessed 8 July 2013 and has featured interviews with the likes of WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg,"The Future of WordPress: Q&A with Founder Matt Mullenweg" Accessed 8 July 2013 Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley,"The evolution of Foursquare: Memeburn talks to Dennis Crowley" Accessed 8 July 2013 Evernote CEO Phil Libin,"Priests on Evernote and dinner party productivity: chat with the app's CEO" Accessed 8 July 2013 the co-creator of Google Now"From a 20% project to Google's future: Q&A with Google Now's co-creator" Accessed 8 July 2013 and entrepreneur Richard Branson"Richard Branson on open source, Twitter and entrepreneurship: the Memeburn interview" Accessed 8 July 2013 as well Naspers CEO Koos Bekker,"Losing 80 million without blinking: Koos Bekker's Memeburn Q&A" Accessed 8 July 2013 Wired founder Chris Anderson"The blog is dead long live the blog: Chris Anderson on the future of media" Accessed 8 July 2013 and Stumbleupon CEO Mark Bartels."Personalisation and social discovery: Q&A with StumbleUpon's CEO" Accessed 8 July 2013 It is particularly interested in the BRICS, as well as digital innovation, viral online marketing campaigns and general tech trends.Digital Media and Marketing Association: "Memeburn" Accessed 8 July 2013
Editorial expansion In 2011, Memeburn expanded to launch Gearburn.com, a sister site which is focused on gadget and game reviews and news and Motorburn.com, which focuses on car news. In 2012, Ventureburn.com was created to focus on entrepreneurship and startups. The sites were rebranded collectively in 2013 as Burn Media."New Burn Media division incorporating Memeburn.com" Bizcommunity.com. Accessed 8 July 2013.
In 2019, the sites underwent a redesign, with the Memeburn, Gearburn, and Motorburn sites operating under the Memeburn.com domain. Ventureburn.com continues to operate as a sister site. Both brands—Memeburn and Ventureburn—operate under the Burn Media Group brand.
Awards In 2010, Memeburn was awarded the UCT Graduate School of Business' Best Blog award at the South African Blog Awards,"Winners" South African Blog Awards. Accessed 8 July 2013. and later won a bronze award for Specialist Publisher Site at the Bookmark Awards."Winners ". The Bookmarks Awards. Accessed 8 July 2013.
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