Gigaom Founder Om Malik Dies at 59 After Long Heart Illness
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 26
Gigaom Founder Om Malik Dies at 59 After Long Heart Illness
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 26
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Om Malik, the technology journalist and investor who founded Gigaom in 2001, died Wednesday at a Palo Alto hospital at 59.
A notice on his website, Om.co, said he died after a long health journey with his heart.
Gigaom rose as the dot-com bust wiped out several tech media startups, and Malik's mix of scoops and sharp commentary made the blog a Silicon Valley must-read.
By 2006, the site had 500,000 monthly readers; when Gigaom shut down in 2015, it said it had 6.4 million, reflecting Malik's role in shifting tech coverage toward influential individual voices.