When did The Daily Beast begin publishing?
The Daily Beast began publishing on the 6th of October 2008. Tina Brown served as the founding editor after leading Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
Questions about The Daily Beast
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Who founded The Daily Beast and what was her background?
Tina Brown served as the founding editor after leading Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. She named the site after a fictional newspaper in Evelyn Waugh's novel Scoop.
What happened to The Daily Beast merger with Newsweek in 2013?
Brown stepped down as editor in September 2013 following the merger with Newsweek. In 2015, former editor-in-chief John Avlon described their approach while the owner IAC sold Newsweek to IBT Media.
How many unique visitors did The Daily Beast reach by September 2014?
By September 2014, the website reached a new record of 21 million unique visitors. This represented a 60% year-over-year increase in readers alongside a 300% expansion of its social media community.
Why was The Daily Beast criticized for an article published on the 11th of August 2016?
On the 11th of August 2016, Nico Hines published an article titled I Got Three Grindr Dates in an Hour in the Olympic Village that provided enough detail to identify individual athletes. Swimmer Amini Fonua described the reporting as deplorable given Tonga's laws against homosexuality.