Gothamist is the first site in the Gothamist LLC network of blogs and is the most popular local blog in New York. Founded in early 2003 Gothamist has been described by The New York Times as a "marvelous not-to-be-missed Web site" that "reflects everything worth knowing about this city." Forbes described Gothamist as a "sophisticated deliciously urbane city blog". In 2007 Gothamist won a Rave Award from Wired Magazine and in 2008 Business Week named Gothamist as a top blog in their annual Best of the Web. Gothamist as well as a number of other sites in the network also ranked amongst the most informative blogs in an academic study by Carnegie Mellon.