The Daily Dot
The Daily Dot is an online newspaper that covers internet topics. It aims to be the "hometown newspaper" of the internet.[1][2] It has a 25 member editorial staff.[3] The CEO is Nick White.[4]
The newspaper was funded with an initial investment of approximately $600,000[5] and launched publicly on August 23, 2011.[6] It publishes 15 to 20 articles a day.[7]
VentureBeat said the website's reporting was reminiscent of Tosh.0.[8]
References
- ^ Mathew Ingram. "The Daily Dot: Interesting idea, but not a great metaphor". GigaOM, 8/23/2011.
- ^ Anthony Ha. "Can The Daily Dot Become Web's 'Hometown Newspaper'?". AdWeek, 8/23/2011.
- ^ Ole Reißmann. "Diese Roboter finden Witze und Wertvolles". Der Spiegel, 9/7/2011.
- ^ Tomio Geron. "The Daily Dot Is A Local Newspaper For The Social Web". Forbes, 8/23/201.
- ^ Alex Howard. "The Daily Dot wants to tell the web's story with social data journalism". O'Reilly Radar, 8/25/2011.
- ^ Ryan Tate. "Insane Internet People Get Their Own Newspaper". Gawker, 8/23/2011.
- ^ Lauren Indvik. "Daily Dot Launches as Community Newspaper for the Web". Mashable, 8/23/2011.
- ^ Heather Kelly. "The Daily Dot wants to be a small town paper for the entire Internet". VentureBeat, 8/22/2011.
External links
- CEO Nick White did a three part series for PBS's MediaShift about starting The Daily Dot: