Gigaom will be making its triumphant return this August

Those of you still mourning the death of Gigaom will be excited to hear that the technology news website will be returning sometime in August. Due to long-standing financial issues, the website was forced to shutdown earlier this year, but an Austin-based Internet startup known as Knowingly Corporation has acquired most of Gigaom’s assets, among which are the website’s domain name and publication archives, and will be reviving it later this year.

Gigaom, the well-regarded technology news and analysis site that shut down abruptly in March, appears set for an August relaunch. According to Talking New Media, an Austin, Texas-based Internet startup called Knowingly Corp. has acquired many of Gigaom’s assets, most notably the domain name “gigaom.com” and the publication’s archives. It plans to relaunch the site on August 15. Gigaom was originally launched in 2006 by journalist Om Malik (who since 2013 has been a columnist for Fast Company), and soon became a leading source for tech news. The company also maintained a market analysis arm, offering paid reports on a variety of technology companies and topics. The entire operation closed its doors unexpectedly on March 9 after it was determined that the company would be unable to pay its creditors, although Re/code reported that many inside the company knew it was in financial peril for months prior to shuttering. Knowingly Corp. CEO Byron Reese said that Gigaom is “second to none in what it does,” according to Talking New Media, seemingly referring to its journalistic functions, and added that, “We are excited to be a chapter of the Gigaom story and look forward to continuing its mission of ‘humanizing the impact of technology.’”