Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Popular gossip site Juicycampus.com announced Feb.4, that they will be shutting down the site Feb. 5.

Since its start, JuicyCampus now includes over 500 campuses nation wide, with more than a million visitors to the site each month. JuicyCampus is shutting down due to financial issues—they can no longer afford to run the site due to lack of financial funding and venture capital, according to a release from JuicyCampus.

JuicyCampus has definitely raised issues that have forced opinions on both sides about the web site, but wants to be remembered for a fun gossip site.

“While there are parts of JuicyCampus that none of us will miss – the mean-spirited posts and personal attacks – it has also been a place for the fun, lighthearted gossip of college life. I hope that is how it is remembered,” Matt Ivester, founder and CEO of JuicyCampus, wrote in an e-mail.

Post by Alexandria Phillips.