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Suite101 has been a force for writers for over a decade now - centuries in print years. And from the very beginning we've been focused on nurturing top writers, growing a supportive community, and producing an ambitious, rich, informative reader experience.

Today, Suite101.com receives over 17 million monthly visitors, publishes over 500,000 articles from over 20,0000 writers, and continues to grow unabated. We also have newer but already flourishing German, French and Spanish-language sites.

Some of our major milestones

1996
Suite101 founded. HQ Vancouver, Canada
Invents topical blogging

2005
Boris Wertz invests in company
Quality mandate established

2006
2m unique monthly visitors
3 employees
Burda Media buys out founders
Peter Berger new CEO
First site with a fully scalable editorial publishing model

2007
First site to offer contributors direct revenue sharing

2008
10m unique monthly visitors
German site launched
European office in Berlin opened

2009
250,000 original articles
Spanish and French site launched

2010
Michael Kedda new Editor-in-Chief of Suite101.com

2011
500,000 original articles
17m unique monthly visitors