Laughing Squid is a blog featuring art, culture, and technology, as well as a web hosting company[1] based out of New York City, New York.[2]
Laughing Squid was founded on November 16, 1995[3] in San Francisco, California as a film and video production company by Scott Beale, producing documentaries, including Alonso G. Smith, A Half Century of Social Surrealism[4] about San Francisco Bay Area surrealist painter Alonso Smith and You’d Better Watch Out: Portland Santacon ’96[5] about the SantaCon event in Portland, OR organized by the San Francisco Cacophony Society in 1996.
In 1996, Laughing Squid launched The Squid List, a San Francisco Bay Area art and culture events calendar and email list that was decommissioned in 2013.[6][2]
In 1998, Laughing Squid launched a web hosting company Laughing Squid Hosting.[citation needed]
In 2000, Laughing Squid became an LLC with John Law and David Klass joining as partners.[citation needed]
The blog launched in 2003.[7]
Laughing Squid sponsored the back of Frank Chu's sign from 2009 to 2013.[8]
In 2010, the company moved its headquarters to New York City, New York.
The Laughing Squid blog is run by founder Scott Beale, who is Publisher and Editor-In-Chief. He is joined by Contributing Editor Lori Dorn.[9]
