Curated category
American entertainment news websites
- Comic Book ResourcesComic Book Resources began its life not as a news site, but as a message board dedicated to a single DC Comics story. In 1995, Jonah Weiland created the…
- Dread CentralThe 4th of July 2006 marked the birth of Dread Central. A planned horror-themed cable television channel had stalled before it could launch.
- ComicBook.comComicBook.com traces its origins to 1996, when American Entertainment used a holding page to post sales links and press releases about comic books.
- ComicsAllianceComicsAlliance opened its digital doors in 2007 as part of a larger online network owned by AOL. John Anderson and Chris Dooley served as the initial…
- Screen RantVic Holtreman launched Screen Rant in 2003 as a new voice for entertainment news. The website began by covering stories about television, films, video games…
- HitFixJen Sargent and Gregory Ellwood launched HitFix in December 2008 to fill a specific gap in the media landscape. They wanted to create an entertainment news…
- NewsaramaIn mid-1995, a fan named Mike Doran began posting news items on the Prodigy comic book message boards. These early posts shared information found across the…
- MetacriticMetacritic is an American website that can determine whether a game developer receives a bonus check or gets laid off. That is not a metaphor.
- Hollywood.comHollywood.com emerged from the digital landscape of the 1990s as a new voice in entertainment news. The website launched during an era when online media was…
- Deadline HollywoodDeadline Hollywood began not as a website but as a column. In June 2002, Nikki Finke started writing a series called Deadline Hollywood for LA Weekly…