After extensively covering the Apple Watch launch Monday, online tech publication Gigaom shocked its readership by abruptly halting publication due to unpaid debts.
Gigaom, launched in 2006 by journalist Om Malik, was widely heralded as a pioneering tech blog. According to its media kit, it reached 6.5 million unique visitors a month. And, in a February 2014 post, Malik said the publication raised more than $8 million from its latest round of venture capital funding. So, the site's announcement that it was ceasing to produce content sent ripples across the tech community, making it a trending topic on Twitter late Monday night into Tuesday.
Shocked to hear the sudden @gigaom
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