{"id":1021,"date":"2026-05-04T04:21:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opencomedy.com\/news\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T04:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:21:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opencomedy.com\/news\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Open Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Open Comedy is a UK-based booking platform and editorial publication covering the live stand-up comedy industry. We connect comedians, bookers, and venues, and we report on the trends, people, and decisions shaping the scene.<\/p>\n<h2>What we cover<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Working-comic news: tours, bookings, club closures and openings.<\/li>\n<li>Industry decisions from streamers, festivals, agencies, and platforms that affect comedians&#8217; careers.<\/li>\n<li>Booker and venue trends: what is selling, what is changing, what is at risk.<\/li>\n<li>Reported features on the realities of building a comedy career today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Who we are<\/h2>\n<p>Open Comedy is operated by the Open Comedy team. Editorial is led by the Open Comedy Editorial group with input from the wider product and operations team.<\/p>\n<h2>How we work<\/h2>\n<p>Our editorial process combines AI-assisted research and drafting with human review. Read our <a href=\"\/news\/editorial-policy\/\">editorial policy<\/a> for the full picture, and our <a href=\"\/news\/corrections\/\">corrections policy<\/a> if you spot an error.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p>Tips, story ideas, and press releases: <a href=\"mailto:editorial@opencomedy.com\">editorial@opencomedy.com<\/a>. See our <a href=\"\/news\/contact\/\">contact page<\/a> for more ways to reach us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Comedy is a UK-based booking platform and editorial publication covering the live stand-up comedy industry. We connect comedians, bookers, and venues, and we report&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1021","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opencomedy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opencomedy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opencomedy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opencomedy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opencomedy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/opencomedy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opencomedy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}