About Us

Zimbio.com is an online news media, which offers entertainment content based on the celebrity culture, movies, television, music and trending pop-culture stories. Zimbio is now an independent news source in the entertainment sector, which offers original and curated news to a world audience.

Although the Zimbio brand has a long digital media history, the present day Zimbio.com is owned and operated by ZetRank Media, and it does not have a business, editorial, or operational affiliation to previous owners or companies bearing the brand.

Zimbio.com was originally registered way back in late 2005 and later in May 2006 officially launched as the first entertainment web site of a young digital media startup known as Zimbio, Inc.

Tony Mamone and Danny Khatib are entrepreneurs, and the company was launched by the two individuals who are enthusiastic about integrating editorial content with scalable digital publishing technology. They aimed to create a place where readers could get to know about the celebrity news, the news on films and TV, the news on music, and the trends of the pop-culture in a single location.

Growth & Early Milestones

Zimbio enjoyed a high audience growth between 2007 and 2010. The site was able to gain millions of readers due to the provision of timely entertainment coverage and content rich in visual appeal. This was the time when Zimbio was appearing one of the most known entertainment sites on the internet and could be often referred to in the topics of celebrity news and coverage of events.

Its popularity proved the increased interest of the audience in quick, exciting, and viral entertainment news in the digital world.

The company also added to the collection of its publications in 2010 with the creation of StyleBistro.com a style and beauty web site that was inspired by celebrity fashion. It was a strategic step towards leaving pure entertainment news to lifestyle content.

As the company was still expanding, Zimbio, Inc. was rebranded to Livingly Media in 2012, which reflected a shift in its wider lifestyle media scope. Other brands, such as, Lonny, were also added to the list, which made the organization a multi-site digital publisher.

In 2015, Livingly Media (with Zimbio.com) was purchased by Aufeminin Group, a TF1 Group European digital media company. Zimbio remained a subsidiary of an enormous international publishing chain under this ownership.

Later Zimbio, including the brand and associated properties, was kept by Recurrent (Recurrent.io) as a part of the larger media holding. At this stage, Zimbio was already an established brand of legacy entertainment in a multi-property online media brand.

Proprietorship and complete Independence

Zimbio.com has turned into a new independent owner and operator.

• None of the ownership, editorial, or operational affiliation with Livingly Media.
• Neither on Aufeminin nor TF1 Group.
• No continuing rapport with Recurrent.io.

This move represents a fresh start of the old corporate ownerships and makes Zimbio an entertainment news site that is entirely independent.

When the business expanded and its titles increased, in August 2012, Zimbio, Inc. was changed to Livingly Media, Inc. This new name was more appropriate because of the wider scope of the company in delivering lifestyle content to an increasing number of people, other than entertainment news.

The company also purchased Lonny Magazine, an online home decor and lifestyle magazine, which was popular, in addition to the change of name, creating more points of entry into new editorial sectors.

In 2015, Aufeminin.com, a European-based digital publishing group, which is a subsidiary of the French media company TF1, acquired Livingly Media.
In 2022, another ownership change as the company kept on evolving, Livingly Media (containing Zimbio.com) was reportedly sold to Recurrent.

Over many years, Zimbio.com was the one associated with thorough coverage of entertainment, extensive photo galleries, viral news, and personal interaction with the readers. With its sister properties, the platform had tens of millions of readers worldwide each month and contributed to the development of the digital entertainment news presentation on the web.

Be it the most recent celebrity photos, awards, trend articles, or quizzes and polling on current topics, Zimbio was one of the first to innovate in the modern entertainment media over the internet.

social media accounts were opened as part of Zimbio’s past operations under previous holders. These are not controlled by us.