 In March 2011, Torontoist was acquired from Ink Truck Media by St. Joseph Media, magazine publishing division of Canadian media giants St. Joseph Communications.As a result the site was not affected by the Gothamist shutdown in 2017, and remained in operation until it was acquired by "Daily Hive" in 2019.In a similar fashion, in 2010 Londonist was transferred to the London-based startup LDN Creative.