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Internet properties established in 2005

  • SB NationIn July 2003, a single blog named Athletics Nation launched online. It focused exclusively on the Oakland Athletics baseball team.
  • RedditSteve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian launched Reddit in June 2005 while they were roommates at the University of Virginia. The pair attended a lecture by Paul…
  • YouTubeOn the 14th of February 2005, three former PayPal employees named Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen registered the domain name www.youtube.com.
  • MashablePete Cashmore launched Mashable from a bedroom in Aberdeen, Scotland, during July 2004. The initial site functioned as a basic WordPress blog with Cashmore…
  • HuffPostOn the 9th of May 2005, Arianna Huffington launched The Huffington Post as a direct counter to the Drudge Report. Her team built an early strategy around…
  • International Business TimesEtienne Uzac conceived the idea for a global business news site while studying at the London School of Economics. He noticed that existing strong business…