Eats Media, LLC

Infobox_Company
company_name = Eats Media, LLC.
company_type = Private
foundation = 2002
location = New York, NY
key_people = Joe Ariel, CEO; Jonathan Mark, Vice President of Marketing; Jon Gershman, Director of Sales; and Brian Hiss, Vice President of Corporate Strategy
industry = Restaurant listings, ratings and reviews
products = Eats.com, Eats Magazine, College Eats, Eats TV
homepage = [http://www.eats.com/ www.eats.com]

Eats Media is a company that provides dining and restaurant information through a variety of different media vehicles. Their products include Eats.com, Eats Magazine, College Eats and EatsTV. [ [http://eats.com/about-us/ http://eats.com/aboutus] ] Eats Media Group was founded in 2002 by CEO Joe Ariel and Derek Beckmann. ["Foodies Unite!" Distinction, Long Island Living, June/July 2008.]

History

Eats was founded in Murray Hill, NYC as a black and white neighborhood restaurant guide. Their website remained in beta form for over a year, before it was officially launched in April of 2008. [ [http://eats.com/about-us/ www.eats.com/about-us] ]

Products

Eats.com

Eats.com was officially launced on April 1, 2008. [ [http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/myspace-for-foodies-150440/;_ylt=AiXVu.le5STGOS6wwJz5EgJdbqU5 Nemser, M. "Myspace for foodies?" Yahoo! Shine, March 17, 2008.] ] It is partly a social networking site and partly a restaurant portal that allows users to search for and review restaurants from around the country. [ [http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2008/04/eatscom_social_networking_for.php SFoodie Blog. "Eats.com: Social Networking For the Food Obsessed," San Francisco Weekly, April 7, 2008.] ] [ [http://www.askmen.com/cool_site/2008_apr/apr09.html Lightstone, M. "The Best & Coolest Sites Around," Askmen.com, April 9, 2008.] ] Users can search by type of cuisine, neighborhood, or city. There is also a feature that allows users to search by restaurant features, such as late-night dining, kid friendly, pet friendly, and more. [ [http://www.superchefblog.com/2008/04/myspace-for-foodies-eatscom.html Rossant, J. "MySpace for Foodies: Eats.com?" Super Chef, April 3, 2008.] ] Kind of like a "Facebook for foodies" [ [http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/soft-serve-geisha-guys-a-facebook-for-foodies-a-400-cutting-board/?scp=1-b&sq=eats.com&st=ny Scheider, A. "Soft Serve | Geisha Guys, A Facebook for Foodies, a $400 Cutting Board"] , The New York Times, April 8th, 2008.] mixed with a Yelp or a Citysearch, [ [http://gridskipper.com/66016/what-might-be-the-first Gould-Simon, A. "What might be the first," Gridskipper.com, April 7, 2008.] ] users can create a profile, add friends, list favorite restaurants, upload pictures and write messages to other users. [Rangachar, V. "Find cheap eats, good restaurants with Menupages.com and Eats.com", Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2008.] Membership is free. Users must create an account to review a restaurant, but not to read other reviews. [ [http://www.thrillist.com/archives/2008/04/eats_nation_culture_food_services.html http://www.thrillist.com/archives/2008/04/eats_nation_culture_food_services.html] ] There is also a Foodie News column, featuring breaking culinary news, and an "Ask the Editors" feature so that users can get their culinary questions answered. [Howard, H. "A New Site for Foodies," The New York Times, Travel Section, May 18.2008.]

The Eats launch party was held at Marquee in New York City on April 3, 2008, with proceeds benefiting City Harvest. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/dining/02fcal.html Fabricant, F. "Food and Socializing," Dining Calendar, New York Times, Dining & Wine Section, April 2, 3008.] ] Fashion designer Marc Jacobs was one of the celebrity guests. [ [http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/03/marc_jacobs_foodie_1.html http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/03/marc_jacobs_foodie_1.html, August 25, 2008.] ]

There is also an Eats.com Facebook application that allows users to access their eats info from their Facebook account. [Reiley, L. "Social Networking for Food lovers," The St. Petersburg Times, June 11, 2008.]

Eats Magazine

Eats Magazine is published on a rolling basis throughout the year in different neighborhoods in New York City, Washington, DC and Miami. The magazine lists menus from various restaurants, including a range of fine dining and casual dining places in specific neighborhoods. The magazines also contains feature-length articles on a variety of food topics.

Regions

Eats Magazine is currently published in the following regions: [ [http://eats.com/magazine-gallery/ http://eats.com/magazine-gallery/] ]

*New York City: Downtown West, Brooklyn Heights/Park Slope, Downtown East, Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens, Midtown/Uptown West, Midtown/Uptown East
*Washington, DC: Dupont Circle/Adams Morgan, Foggy Bottom/Georgetown, Downtown/Capitol Hill
*Miami: Aventura, Coral Gables, South Beach

College Eats

Special college issues of the magazine are currently being published for Columbia University, GW University, University of Miami, UMass, Yale University, Fordham University and FIU. Each book caters to the student populations and features dining establishments in the surrounding neighborhoods. [ [http://eats.com/magazine-gallery/ http://eats.com/magazine-gallery/] ]

EatsTV

References

External links

* [http://www.eats.com eats.com]