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factoids

| current_status = Active| industry = Political news| key_people = Dan Abrams, Founder/PublisherAidan McLaughlin, Editor-in-ChiefJoe DePaolo, Managing Editor}}Mediaite is an American news website focusing on politics and the media.Howard Polskin, How the Washington Examiner became a traffic monster, Columbia Journalism Review (May 15, 2020). Founded by Dan Abrams, it is part of the Abrams Media Network.

Content

The website focuses on politics and the media. The New York Times has described the site as “a blog that chronicles the gossipy media world“Lionel Beehner, Social Networking Butterfly, The New York Times (July 15, 2010). and The Washington Post describes it as focusing on “the intersection of media and politics”.Jeremy Barr, There’s been a big gray area when it comes to cable news contributors dabbling in political campaigns, The Washington Post (August 8, 2020).

History

Mediaite was founded by Dan Abrams in mid-2009.Liz Cox Barrett, Mediaite Launches (Loads...), Columbia Journalism Review (July 6, 2009). Its writers have included Noah Rothman, Philip Bump, Joe Concha,NEWS,thehill.com/author/joe-concha, Joe Concha, Perks, Ashley, February 22, 2017, The Hill (newspaper), The Hill, en, May 13, 2019, and Tina Nguyen.MAGAZINE,www.vanityfair.com/contributor/tina-nguyen, Tina Nguyen, Vanity Fair (magazine), Vanity Fair, en, May 13, 2019, 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.WEB,www.thewrap.com/mediaite-founder-dan-abrams-explains-when-covering-politics-and-media-became-synonymous/, Mediaite Founder Dan Abrams Credits Trump With Traffic ‘Explosion’, February 15, 2017, TheWrap, en-US, May 13, 2019, 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.NEWS,www.wsj.com/articles/political-news-sites-forge-ad-group-to-compete-with-facebook-and-google-11561028400, Political-News Sites Forge Ad Group to Compete With Facebook and Google, Alpert, Lukas I., The Wall Street Journal, en-US, July 1, 2019, June 20, 2019, Every December, Mediaite publishes an annual list of the 75 most influential people in news media.WEB,www.mediaite.com/online/mediaites-25-most-influential-in-political-news-media-of-2015/, Mediaite’s 25 Most Influential in Political News Media 2015, December 29, 2015, Mediaite, en, May 13, 2019, WEB,www.mediaite.com/online/__trashed-13/, Mediaite’s 2016 Most Influential in News Media, December 7, 2016, Mediaite, en, May 13, 2019, WEB,www.mediaite.com/online/mediaites-75-most-influential-in-news-media-2017/, Most Influential In News Media 2017, December 20, 2017, Mediaite, en, May 13, 2019, WEB,www.mediaite.com/online/mediaites-most-influential-in-news-media-2018/, Mediaite’s Most Influential in News Media 2018, December 6, 2018, Mediaite, en, May 13, 2019,

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