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Eater

Culinary news and restaurant openings guide

Overview

Eater reports on dining and drinking in the United States’ top food cities. It publishes daily news about restaurant openings, trends, and industry moves, and offers an app that helps users find where to eat next. How it works: Vox Media’s team of reporters covers new openings and dining trends, then distributes updates through its website and the Eater app for iOS. The product combines timely reporting with city-focused guides and recommendations. How it differs: Eater blends professional industry reporting with consumer-friendly dining guidance, backed by Vox Media’s network of media brands and a wide audience. Its edge comes from specialized, city-by-city coverage of openings and trends, plus the convenience of a dedicated app. Its goal: be the essential source for people who care about dining and drinking, helping them discover new restaurants, bars, and experiences.

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Why Eater is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Entertainment

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, United States

Founded

2005

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What believers are saying

  • Netflix exposes hundreds of Eater videos across six countries starting August 3, 2026.
  • El Pre Party on October 21, 2026 expands sponsorship, ticketing, and commerce revenue.
  • Eater app partnerships with Capital One Dining and SevenRooms strengthen reservation utility and retention.

What critics are saying

  • June 2026 Ravenous shows former Eater editors monetizing loyal audiences outside Vox’s model.
  • August 2025 layoffs cut 15 staff, signaling continuing cost pressure and execution risk.
  • Search dependency remains existential: AI summaries and platform shifts can crush Eater traffic fast.

What makes Eater unique

  • Eater pairs food journalism with events, apps, and video; Netflix launched August 3, 2026.
  • Penske kept Eater after June 2026 split, preserving a scaled media network.
  • Eater’s award-winning video team earned 2026 Emmy nominations and Netflix distribution.

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Eater
Sep 15th, 2026
Eater will host the first-ever El Pre Party during Billboard Latin Music Week.

Eater will host the first-ever El Pre Party during Billboard Latin Music Week. Get tickets now Sep 15, 2026, 9:54 AM PDT If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See its ethics statement. In its first-ever partnership with Billboard, Eater will host El Pre Party during Latin Music Week: an exclusive pregame to En Vivo featuring bites and drinks from Miami's hottest restaurants, including a special dish in collaboration with Walmart, and live experiences to get the night started right. Eat your way through the city's food scene, then head to the main stage to see Jay Wheeler and Zhamira for one of En Vivo's can't-miss performances. Connecting music, food, and culture, El Pre Party will feature a lineup of the hottest Miami dishes curated by Eater editors and showcasing Miami's most exciting restaurants and culinary talent. Expect exclusive dish drops, chef collaborations, cocktails, and plenty more to discover throughout the night. Keep the energy going with live programming - DJ sets, performances from emerging artists, surprise appearances, and other only-at-El-Pre-Party moments - all building up to the night's Billboard En Vivo performances. It all goes down on Wednesday, October 21 at Wynwood Marketplace. Tickets are $75 and include access to all of the dishes and samples, as well as GA Aacess to Billboard En Vivo featuring Jay Wheeler and Zhamira with special guest Conep, plus more exclusives. Eater today. The freshest news from the food world every day

Event Technology Association
Aug 28th, 2026
US event technology sector sees leadership shifts and new format launches.

US event technology sector sees leadership shifts and new format launches. Background and context. Table of Contents The US event and live production sector is entering a new phase of consolidation and experimentation, with technology providers, trade shows, and experiential brands adjusting strategies for a changing marketplace. Recent developments range from new regional expansions and leadership appointments to the launch of ticketed consumer experiences that blend hospitality, media, and live event production. Collectively, these moves reflect how organizers and suppliers are responding to evolving audience expectations and the continued integration of digital tools into event delivery. Key announcement. One of the most notable updates is the expansion of the Money20/20 brand into the Asia-Pacific region with a new event in Australia. The show, known for convening financial technology leaders, is adapting its format for a new market while maintaining its focus on payments, banking innovation, and digital finance. In parallel, Production Resource Group (PRG), a major provider of event production technology and services, has announced several new executive hires in the US. These appointments are aimed at strengthening its leadership in areas such as large-scale live events, broadcast-style production, and integrated AV solutions. Details released by the company indicate that the new executives will oversee both strategic growth and operational delivery, particularly across corporate events, experiential campaigns, and entertainment projects that require high-end lighting, audio, video, and staging. More information on PRG's services and leadership updates is available via its official website. On the experiential side, food and dining media brand Eater has introduced "Eater Off Menu," a live event concept built around curated culinary experiences. The format combines chef-driven menus, immersive environments, and limited-capacity access, positioning itself at the intersection of media, hospitality, and ticketed live events. Industry impact. These developments highlight several ongoing trends in the US event landscape: * Regional diversification: Money20/20's move into Australia underscores how established trade show brands are looking beyond traditional hubs to reach new attendees and sponsors, often with localized themes and content. * Professionalization of production: PRG's leadership changes signal continued investment in technical expertise and project management for complex events, from conferences and product launches to hybrid and broadcast-style productions. * Growth of experiential formats: Eater Off Menu illustrates how media and content brands are treating live events as a core product, using in-person experiences to deepen audience engagement and open additional revenue streams. For technology vendors, agencies, and venues, these shifts point to a marketplace where expectations for production quality and content curation continue to rise. Organizers are increasingly looking for partners who can combine technical reliability with creative flexibility. Why this matters. For event technology and AV professionals, the latest moves offer both signals and opportunities. Expanded trade show footprints, such as Money20/20's new market entry, can create demand for regional production partners and new platforms for product launches. At the same time, executive appointments at firms like PRG suggest that large production companies are preparing for more technically sophisticated projects, often requiring integrated lighting, audio, video, and content workflows under tight timelines. Experiential concepts like Eater Off Menu demonstrate how non-traditional event owners - particularly digital publishers and lifestyle brands - are becoming recurring clients for event technology providers. These projects often call for flexible environments, strong storytelling, and reliable technical delivery suitable for both on-site audiences and digital amplification. Taken together, these developments show a US event industry that is stable but still evolving. As formats diversify and global brands expand, technology partners who can support both high production values and innovative concepts are likely to play a central role in the next phase of growth.

Eater
Jul 7th, 2026
Eater is coming to Netflix.

Eater is coming to Netflix. Eater is among dozens of digital publishers bringing their videos to the streamer Jul 7, 2026, 9:03 AM PDT You'll soon be able to watch your favorite Eater videos, from Mise en Place to Smoke Point, on one of the world's biggest streamers. Today, Netflix announced partnerships with dozens of digital publishers to bring their videos to their platform; that includes Eater, as well as other food brands like Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Delish, Food & Wine, Tastemade, and Buzzfeed's Tasty. Other lifestyle video content from the likes of Architectural Digest, Allure, Billboard, Variety, and Harper's Bazaar will also start streaming on Netflix. Starting August 3, hundreds of new, recent, and archival Eater videos will be discoverable on the Netflix homepage for audiences in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. That includes new episodes from current series like the celebrity-filled Let's Do Lunch and the character-driven Chef's Day Off, as well as iconic favorites from its back catalog, such as Handmade, Vendors, and Brent Meats World. "Partnering with Netflix gives Eater's award-winning video program even more global reach, and brings our storytelling around restaurants and food culture to new audiences," said Stephen Pelletteri, Eater's vice president of video. Eater's video programming has been nominated for and won multiple New York and Daytime Emmys over the years, as well as other prestigious journalism awards. Eater video remains on all the platforms you already know and love, so keep watching - and check back on August 3 to start streaming Eater on Netflix. Eater today. The freshest news from the food world every day

The Hollywood Reporter
Jun 18th, 2026
Eater, The Verge and SB Nation sold to Penske Media.

Eater, The Verge and SB Nation sold to Penske Media. The deal formally winds down an era at Vox Media, which had sold its namesake site and podcast assets as well as New York magazine to James Murdoch. June 18, 2026 9:35am Vox Media, the digital publisher that rose in the 2010s with ambitions to build itself up as a modern version of old school magazine titans like Time Inc., has sold off its remaining assets in a deal that winds down an era. Publishing brands, including food authority Eater, tech destination The Verge, sports network SB Nation, travel brand Thrillist, lifestyle site Popsugar, animal story-focused The Dodo and drinking culture site Punch, were acquired by Penske Media, the companies said on Thursday. The move formally concludes the multiyear sales process for Vox Media, which had been steered by CEO Jim Bankoff since 2009. On May 20, the exec revealed a sale of crown jewel magazine New York as well as its podcast assets (like Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway) and namesake site, Vox, to Fox empire scion James Murdoch's venture firm, which Bankoff will join and lead. Eater, The Verge and the other publishing brands were cleaved off into what was called RemainCo, run by Ryan Pauley, the revenue, strategy and operations-focused executive who has been at Vox Media since 2013. Speculation at the time of Murdoch's New York buy centered on whether each of the publishing assets would be sold separately or be shopped as whole package. One factor in the dealmaking was a 2023 pact between Penske Media and Vox in which the Jay Penske-run company had taken a stake in the Bankoff-led media firm. Now those brands, along with Vox's ad tech products like marketplace Concert and data platform Forte, will join a publishing company that also owns The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, Billboard, WWD, Variety, ARTnews, Robb Report and other publications. Pauley will transition to Penske, joining as president of PMX (the newly named unit that will house all the media brands). Penske exec Tom Finn will become COO of the division and Ken Delalcazar will be CFO. "I am very proud to welcome this tremendous team and leading brands to Penske Media," said founder and CEO Jay Penske. "We have long admired these unique brands and companies, and I'm thrilled to welcome Ryan Pauley to PMC." Pauley added, "Our opportunity now is to steward and grow these brands with a continued focus on brand leadership, editorial strength, audience connection, community, and live events." Vox, originally founded in 2005 with a very of-the-moment name of SportsBlogs Inc., launched with SB Nation, a collection of team-specific verticals focused on fan-driven reaction (a typical post: "The offense stunk on Saturday") that contrasted with the more staid local newspaper coverage in that era. This was around the time when rival, fan-centric sports sites like Bleacher Report were scaling up (BR sold to Turner for a reported $200 million in 2012) and aggregators like The Huffington Post were seen as the next wave of media. And it was a few years removed from the rise of Millennial-focused media companies like BuzzFeed (sold to local TV station mogul Byron Allen in May), Mashable (sold to media operator Ziff Davis in 2017), Business Insider (sold to German media giant Axel Springer for $450 million in 2015), Mic (sunsetted at Bryan Goldberg's Bustle Media) and Vice Media (filed for bankruptcy in 2023, then relaunched in pieces). Those outlets had attracted major venture capital dollars in a bet that the transition from linear TV and print would result in consumers flocking to new brands on the open web. Bankoff's firm expanded with former Engadget staffers to debut The Verge in 2011 and launched gaming site Polygon the next year (the brand was sold to media firm Valnet in 2025). It made a bet on the Lockhart Steele-founded, real estate-focused Curbed network (which included Eater as well as the since-folded shopping site Racked) in 2013. Then it hired away The Washington Post's Wonkblog editor, Ezra Klein, to launch its namesake explainer site Vox a year later (Klein left in 2020 to become a columnist at The New York Times, and also helped usher in another new wave of media: video podcasting). In 2019, Bankoff made a deal with New York owner Pamela Wasserstein, whose family had owned the glossy magazine for 15 years, to add the publication and digital offshots like entertainment vertical Vulture and fashion brand The Cut to the Vox portfolio. (Now those assets are set to be part of Murdoch's burgeoning Lupa Systems stable, which also includes Art Basel and the Tribeca Film Festival.) In a bid to scale up in 2022, Vox merged with the Ben Lerer-founded Group Nine Media, which brought The Dodo, PopSugar and Thrillist into the fold, along with video-focused politics site NowThis, which was spun off as an independent site a year later. Of the deal to acquire the remaining Vox brands, Craig Perreault, president of Penske Media, which also owns festivals like SXSW and stages events like the Golden Globes, stated, "These distinct digital brands bring highly engaged audiences with them, complement our existing portfolio, strengthen our content offering, and expand the possibilities for the hundreds of live events PMX will produce each year."

Adweek
May 21st, 2026
Penske Media is in talks to acquire unsold Vox Media brands.

Penske Media is in talks to acquire unsold Vox Media brands. The deal would transfer the remaining portfolio as a single package, with president Ryan Pauley moving to PMC. 4 hours ago Cannes Lions is where the biggest ideas take center stage. Join ADWEEK for must-see conversations, top industry leaders, and the moments everyone will be talking about. Penske Media is in line to acquire the brands left over from Vox Media's breakup, including Eater, The Verge, SB Nation, Popsugar, and The Dodo, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal could still fall through, according to the person. It is also an all-or-nothing operation: PMC will either take the entire group of unsold titles or none of them, the person said. They did not share the potential price or structure of the deal, although PMC already holds a 20% stake in Vox Media owing to a $100 million investment it made in the company in 2023. Mark Stenberg is ADWEEK's senior media reporter. Recommended videos

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