Spanfeller Media Group
Spanfeller Media Group, a subsidiary of publishing company Tribune Publishing, is a digital media company based in New York City. It was founded in 2010 by Jim Spanfeller, after leading the digital strategy at Forbes.com. Spanfeller Media Group operates two media sites as subject-specific digital destinations, The Daily Meal, dedicated to food and drink, and The Active Times, centered on outdoor sports and an active lifestyle.
History
Spanfeller Media Group was founded in June 2010 by Jim Spanfeller. The concept of SMG was to highlight the content aspect of media and commission its websites to design and produce content by, for and about the web. The websites focus on core mass vertical content areas that do not presently have major dominating content sites.Products
The Daily Meal, launched in January 2011The Active Times, launched in June 2012Financial
Starting in 2010, SEC fillings show that SMG raised $13,769,700 in funding before being sold to Tribune Publishing.Tribune Publishing, noted in their Form 10-K for the fiscal year of 2017 that they had "completed acquisitions totaling $7.6 million of Spanfeller Media Group ".
| Amount | Filing Date |
| $1,665,000 | 2010-10-14 |
| $5,908,934 | 2011-08-04 |
| $4,895,767 | 2012-10-18 |
| $1,000,000 | 2015-03-05 |
| $299,999 | 2016-06-14 |