digital headquarters los angeles california united states area served worldwide slogan s what s next in entertainment website www.hitfix.com alexa rank 7 455 august 2015 update 1 type of site entertainment news registration optional available in english launched december 2008 current status online hitfix or hitfix.com is an entertainment news website that launched in december 2008 specializing in breaking entertainment news insider information and reviews and critiques of film music and television . 2 in mid 2010 hitfix crossed the 1 000 000 unique users per month milestone . 3 as of april 2013 hitfix was ranked 17th among all entertainment news websites by alexa . 4 hitfix has been cited as a source by such publications as time the l.a. times the huffington post e online and the daily herald . in april 2016 it became a brand of woven digital 5 6 7 8 9 contents 1 founders 2 angel investment 3 contributors 3.1 gregory ellwood 3.2 drew mcweeny 3.3 alan sepinwall 4 references 5 see also 6 external links founders edit hitfix was founded by ex reed business information development executive jen sargent and former l.a. times and msn.com film editor gregory ellwood . sargent and ellwood s goal was to create a site that fit into the gap between trade publications and gossip or celebrity scandal driven sites such as tmz and to target an audience slightly skewed towards males a unique approach in a female driven industry 10 while catering to 18 to 34 year olds . 11 angel investment edit hitfix received its first funding from golden seeds the fourth largest angel investment group in the united states in 2009 . since then hitfix has twice benefited from investment from the tech coast angels one of the largest angel investment networks in southern california . 12 the first such investment came in february 2009 in the amount of 850 000 . in june 2010 the angels added to their commitment investing an additional 1 600 000 . 13 in addition to golden seeds and tech coast angels hitfix investors include hbs angels liquid capital and gordon crawford . contributors edit gregory ellwood edit in addition to being one of its co founders ellwood reports on movies and awards for hitfix . 10 drew mcweeny edit see also drew mcweeny formerly known as moriarty mcweeny previously wrote for ain t it cool news . in addition to being a screenwriter and movie critic mcweeny now covers the movie industry for hitfix . mcweeny announced his move to hitfix in 2008 in a review of the curious case of benjamin button . 14 on september 20 2016 mcweeny announced via twitter that he would no longer be working for hitfix . 15 alan sepinwall edit see also alan sepinwall after 14 years at the new jersey star ledger sepinwall also known for his blog what s alan watching moved to hitfix full time in april 2010 . last spring when nbc executives went so far as to credit sepinwall by name for his role in earning a renewal for chuck . 16 slate magazine credited sepinwall with having changed the nature of television criticism . 17 references edit hitfix.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2015 08 13 . hitfix.com hitfix entertainment news events exclusives & reviews for movies film television music . site info tool . retrieved april 14 2013 . jones deborah june 28 2010 . tech coast angels joins 1.6 m investment in hitfix unique content driven entertainment website . tech coast angels . retrieved april 14 2013 . top sites by category arts entertainment news and media . alexa internet . retrieved april 14 2013 . carbone nick august 14 2011 . groovy baby mike myers will return for austin powers 4 . time . retrieved april 14 2013 . boucher geoff december 13 2009 . avatar weekend roundup and fearless predictions . lost angeles times . retrieved april 14 2013 . austin powers 4 mike myers signs for new sequel . the huffington post . august 13 2011 . retrieved april 14 2013 . malkin marc july 14 2010 . the hulk is mark ruffalo replacing ed norton . e . retrieved april 15 2013 . contestants it s tv talent judges basking in fame cash . the daily herald . may 17 2012 . retrieved april 15 2013 . a b article on variety.com archived november 7 2012 at the wayback machine . socaltech.com archived may 13 2012 at the wayback machine . venture capital totals 603.2 m in southern california in q3 . socaltech.com . october 18 2011 . tech coast angels joins 1.6 m investment in hitfix unique content driven entertainment website mcweeny drew 7 december 2008 . moriarty has seen the curious case of benjamin button . ain t it cool news . retrieved 3 september 2011 . https twitter.com drewmcweeny status 778290313316098049 georgian laura april 26 2010 . the star ledger s alan sepinwall moves to hitfix.com . business wire . retrieved april 15 2013 . levin josh february 14 2011 . the tv guide . slate magazine . retrieved 15 february 2011 . see also edit av club blogcritics external links edit hitfix.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hitfix & oldid 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