Type of business Private company | Type of site Travel & Lifestyle | |
Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French Founded January 30, 2006; 11 years ago (2006-01-30) Headquarters New York City, New York, U.S. Key people Ross Borden, CEO
David Miller, Senior-Editor | ||
Launched in 2006 by Ross Borden and Ben Polansky as a social network for travelers, Matador Network is a media company and content creation studio. Matador has been ranked by Skift as one of the top 25 consumer travel media sites in the world and "the most successful media brand on social media [in the travel industry]."
Contents
In addition to the English site Matadornetwork.com, Matador publishes content in Spanish and Portuguese, and has recently developed a full production house for branded content.
Custom content & social media marketing
Matador Network is an industry leader at destination marketing and custom content, with staff regularly invited to speak at travel industry conferences, such as ITB, WTM, TBEX, and ATTA. Matador's clients include brands such as Intel, SanDisk, General Mills (Nature Valley), and numerous destinations.
MatadorU
In 2009 Matador Network started MatadorU, an online school for travel journalism. MatadorU offers course in travel writing, travel photography, and travel filmmaking. In 2010, Matador Network acquired Glimpse from National Geographic.
Publishing
Matador has published two books:
Production
Matador produces original video content: