Claim: Mode Media was founded by nine people in 2003 and was originally a website that offered fashion and beauty content and blog content.
Evidence: Mode Media was founded as Project Y, Inc. in 2003 by Ernie Cicogna, Fernando Ruarte, Vic Zauderer, Dianna Mullins, Raj Narayan, Rebecca Bogle Arora, Susan Kare, Emmanuel Job and Samir Arora. The company originally was founded as a website to offer fashion and beauty content and blog content.