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American entertainment news websites

  • Comic Book ResourcesComic Book Resources began as a message board for one DC Comics mini-series.
  • Dread CentralDread Central, a horror news site, began because a planned horror cable channel stalled.
  • ComicBook.comComicBook.com began in 1996 as a holding page for sales links and press releases.
  • ComicsAllianceOn April 26, 2013, the comics site ComicsAlliance was shut off without warning.
  • Screen RantVic Holtreman started Screen Rant in 2003, then sold it to Valnet in February 2015.
  • HitFixBy November 2016, the HitFix website simply redirected to Uproxx.
  • NewsaramaNewsarama began as a fan's forum posts on Prodigy in mid-1995. Mike Doran shared comic news he found on the early web.
  • MetacriticFallout: New Vegas fell one Metacritic point short of its bonus threshold. Obsidian later had layoffs.
  • Hollywood.comHollywood.com was the first website to show movie showtimes nationwide. People used to call theater hotlines.
  • Deadline HollywoodDeadline Hollywood began as a 2002 column in LA Weekly, not as a website. Nikki Finke went online in 2006.

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