The Daily Dot
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| Web address |
dailydot |
|---|---|
| Slogan | The Hometown Newspaper of the World Wide Web |
Type of site | News |
| Available in | English |
| Launched | 2011 |
Alexa rank |
 3,461(January 2016)[1] |
The Daily Dot is an online newspaper that covers Internet topics and eSports. It aims to be the "hometown newspaper" of the Internet.[2][3] It has a 25-member editorial staff.[4] The CEO is Nicholas White.[5]
The newspaper was funded with an initial investment of approximately $600,000[6] and launched publicly on August 23, 2011.[7] It publishes around 50 articles a day.[8]
In 2014, The Daily Dot acquired The Kernel, which was founded by Milo Yiannopoulos.[9]
Notable staff and writers
Current editors and contributors to this publication include Nicholas White, Austin Powell, Molly McHugh, Fernando Alfonso III,[10] Cooper Fleishman, Aja Romano, Richard Lewis, Kevin Morris, Taylor Hatmaker, Casey Woods, Nimrod Kamer, and Ed Zitron.
References
- ↑ "dailydot.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- ↑ Ingram, Mathew (August 23, 2011). "The Daily Dot: Interesting idea, but not a great metaphor". GigaOM'.
- ↑ 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, 8/23/2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Kernel acquired by The Daily Dot publisher; founder and editor Milo Yiannopoulos to move on
- ↑ Businessinsider.com
External links
- The Daily Dot, official site
- CEO Nicholas White did a three part series for PBS's MediaShift about starting The Daily Dot:
- "Why I Gave Up the Newspaper to Save Newspapering". April 25, 2011.
- "The Necessity of Data Journalism in the New Digital Community". June 22, 2011.
- "5 Lessons Learned Building The Daily Dot, a Media Startup". August 23, 2011.
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