Type | Online newspaper |
---|---|
Owner(s) | Greencastle Capital, David Sefton |
Founder(s) | Niall McGarry |
Editor | Paddy McKenna |
Founded | 2010 |
Circulation | 2 million unique visitors per month [1] |
Website | joe |
JOE (JOE.ie and JOE.co.uk) is a Millennial-focused [2] distributed social media publisher in Ireland and the United Kingdom, with over 2 million unique visitors per month. [1] It is owned by Greencastle Media Group, which is itself owned by David Sefton, John Quinlan and Paul O'Donohoe. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The publisher's original website Joe.ie was founded by Irish entrepreneur Niall McGarry. [4] [5] Her.ie is a related website aimed at young women in Ireland. HerFamily.ie also forms part of the publishing group. [8] Joe Media Ltd. entered administration in May 2020, [9] exiting in October 2020. [10]
The Joe.ie website was founded in 2010 and nominated in October of that year for a Golden Spider Award in the One to Watch category. [11] [12] [13]
Irish showbiz website Goss.ie described it as "more influential" than traditional media in August 2016. [14] It was edited by Paddy McKenna. [15]
The site's Android app has had over 50,000 installs with a ratio of 2:1 for 5 star reviews vs 1 star reviews. [16] In November 2016, The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland upheld a complaint about an advert for Sprite which was featured on the site. [15]
SportsJOE.ie was launched in 2014, as an offshoot of JOE.ie, offering "in-depth analysis". [1] Daily Telegraph and Sunday Independent sports columnist Dion Fanning moved to the site in 2015. [1] [17]
JOE.co.uk was launched for the United Kingdom market in September 2015 with Tony Barrett of The Times and former footballer Ledley King among the contributors. [18] [19] [5] [8]
BBC political researcher Joey D'Urso cited content from JOE.co.uk, such as a video superimposing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's face onto that of the rapper Stormzy while the leader appears "to rap a list of policies", as an example of viral social media content which helped Labour's standing in the 2017 general election (especially among the youth), but which was not directly funded by the party itself. [20]
In 2018, the company hired Brian Whelan from Channel 4 News to oversee video operations and the BBC's Simon Clancy to run their podcast shows. [21]
In 2020, JOE and Swedemason won the 2020 "Content Creator of the Year" award in The Drum's online media awards for their viral videos of mashing up politicians' words to fit a song. [22]
PoliticsJOE is the political stream for the website. [23] [24] It is headed up by Oli Dugmore. [25] During the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the PoliticsJOE podcast had the fifth largest average viewership of UK political podcasts on YouTube. [26]
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The next day, his friend decided to post it on Facebook and send it to Joe.ie