AXIOS Media
| Industry | News media |
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| Headquarters | 3100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 200, Arlington, Virginia 22201, U.S. |
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Key people
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Jim VandeHei (founder) Mike Allen (founder) |
| Website | axios |
AXIOS Media or Axios is a news and information company started in 2016 by Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei, Politico's former Chief White House correspondent Mike Allen, and former Politico Chief Revenue Officer Roy Schwartz. Axios launched in 2017. In the summer of 2016, it secured $10 million in a round of financing led by Lerer Hippeau Ventures. Backers include NBC News, Emerson Collective, Greycroft Partners, and David and Katherine Bradley, owners of Atlantic Media.
Axios' initial launch partners are JP Morgan & Chase Co., PhRma, Boeing, BP, Bank of America, Koch Industries, S&P Global, United Health Group, Walmart, Pepsico and Cooley LLP.
The company has a mission statement that consists of, “Media is broken—and too often a scam.” It plans to focus on "business, technology, politics, and media trends." Furthermore they disavow the use of banner ads, pop-ups and clickbait titles, using native advertising instead. The article style is focused on brevity, clear structure and often features bullet points.
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