Mediaite

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Mediaite
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Available inEnglish
Owner Abrams Media
Key peopleDan Abrams, Founder/Publisher
Aidan McLaughlin, Editor-in-Chief
Joe DePaolo, Managing Editor
IndustryPolitical news
URL mediaite.com
LaunchedSeptember 2009;15 years ago (2009-09) [1]
Current statusActive

Mediaite is an American news website focusing on politics and the media. [2] Founded by Dan Abrams, it is part of the Abrams Media Network.

Contents

Mediaite saw its largest audience ever in 2023 with a total of 701 million pageviews for the year. [3] That growth continued into 2024, with the presidential election boosting the site to 84 million pageviews for the month of August alone.

Content

The website focuses on politics and the media. [2] The New York Times has described the site as "a blog that chronicles the gossipy media world", [4] and The Washington Post describes it as focusing on "the intersection of media and politics". [5]

History

Mediaite was founded by Dan Abrams in mid-2009. [6] Its writers have included Noah Rothman, Philip Bump, Joe Concha, [7] and Tina Nguyen. [8]

For the month of January 2017, Mediaite reached 11.86 million unique visitors, which Abrams credited to the presidency of Donald Trump's relationship with the news media. [9]

In June 2019, Mediaite, along with sister site Law & Crime , left-leaning Raw Story and AlterNet , and conservative sites The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon , formed a coalition of political news sites to offer marketers advertising packages aimed at readers interested in politics. The Alliance aims to attract ad revenue toward "midsized political publishers" as opposed to larger technology companies, such as Facebook and Google. [10]

Every December, Mediaite publishes an annual list of the 75 most influential people in news media. [11] [12] [13] [14]

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  3. ↑ "Mediaite Draws Biggest Audience Ever in 2023, Topping 700 Million Pageviews". Mediaite. January 5, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
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  5. ↑ Barr, Jeremy (August 8, 2020). "There's been a big gray area when it comes to cable news contributors dabbling in political campaigns". Washington Post . ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  6. ↑ Barrett, Liz Cox (July 6, 2009). "Mediaite Launches (Loads…)". Columbia Journalism Review . Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  7. ↑ Perks, Ashley (February 22, 2017). "Joe Concha". The Hill . Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Tina Nguyen". Vanity Fair . Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  9. ↑ Flood, Brian (February 15, 2017). "Mediaite Founder Dan Abrams Credits Trump With Traffic 'Explosion'". TheWrap . Retrieved May 13, 2019.
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  11. ↑ "Mediaite's 25 Most Influential in Political News Media 2015". Mediaite. December 29, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Mediaite's 2016 Most Influential in News Media". Mediaite. December 7, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Most Influential In News Media 2017". Mediaite. December 20, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Mediaite's Most Influential in News Media 2018". Mediaite. December 6, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
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