:Mediaite
{{Short description|News and opinion website}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Mediaite
| logo = Mediaite Logo 2019.svg
| screenshot =
| url = {{URL|mediaite.com}}
| language = English
| owner = Abrams Media
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2009|09|}}{{cite web |url= http://whois.domaintools.com/mediaite.com |title= MediaiTe.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools |work=WHOIS |access-date= July 14, 2016}}
| current_status = Active
| industry = Political news
| key_people = Dan Abrams, Founder/Publisher
Aidan McLaughlin, Editor-in-Chief
Joe DePaolo, Managing Editor
}}
Mediaite is an American news website focusing on politics and the media.{{Cite web |last=Polskin |first=Howard |date=May 15, 2020 |title=How the Washington Examiner became a traffic monster |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/washington-examiner-hugo-gurdon.php |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}} Founded by Dan Abrams, it is part of the Abrams Media Network.
Mediaite saw its largest audience ever in 2023 with a total of 701 million pageviews for the year.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-05 |title=Mediaite Draws Biggest Audience Ever in 2023, Topping 700 Million Pageviews |url=https://www.mediaite.com/news/mediaite-draws-biggest-audience-ever-in-2023-with-700-million-pageviews/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Mediaite |language=en}} That growth continued into 2024, with the presidential election boosting the site to 84 million pageviews for the month of August alone.
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",{{Cite news |last=Beehner |first=Lionel |date=2010-07-14 |title=Social Networking Butterfly |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/fashion/15upclose.html |access-date=2024-05-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} and The Washington Post describes it as focusing on "the intersection of media and politics".{{Cite news |last=Barr |first=Jeremy |date=2020-08-08 |title=There’s been a big gray area when it comes to cable news contributors dabbling in political campaigns |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/08/08/cable-news-paid-contributors-political-campaigns/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
History
Mediaite was founded by Dan Abrams in mid-2009.{{Cite web |last=Barrett |first=Liz Cox |date=July 6, 2009 |title=Mediaite Launches (Loads…) |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/mediaite_launches_loads.php |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}} Its writers have included Noah Rothman, Philip Bump, Joe Concha,{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/author/joe-concha|title=Joe Concha|last=Perks|first=Ashley|date=February 22, 2017|website=The Hill|language=en|access-date=May 13, 2019}} and Tina Nguyen.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/tina-nguyen|title=Tina Nguyen|website=Vanity Fair|language=en|access-date=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.{{Cite web |last=Flood |first=Brian |date=February 15, 2017 |title=Mediaite Founder Dan Abrams Credits Trump With Traffic 'Explosion' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/mediaite-founder-dan-abrams-explains-when-covering-politics-and-media-became-synonymous/ |access-date=May 13, 2019 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-news-sites-forge-ad-group-to-compete-with-facebook-and-google-11561028400|title=Political-News Sites Forge Ad Group to Compete With Facebook and Google|last=Alpert|first=Lukas I.|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|language=en-US|access-date=July 1, 2019|date=June 20, 2019}}
Every December, Mediaite publishes an annual list of the 75 most influential people in news media.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/mediaites-25-most-influential-in-political-news-media-of-2015/|title=Mediaite's 25 Most Influential in Political News Media 2015|date=December 29, 2015|website=Mediaite|language=en|access-date=May 13, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/__trashed-13/|title=Mediaite's 2016 Most Influential in News Media|date=December 7, 2016|website=Mediaite|language=en|access-date=May 13, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/mediaites-75-most-influential-in-news-media-2017/|title=Most Influential In News Media 2017|date=December 20, 2017|website=Mediaite|language=en|access-date=May 13, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/mediaites-most-influential-in-news-media-2018/|title=Mediaite's Most Influential in News Media 2018|date=December 6, 2018|website=Mediaite|language=en|access-date=May 13, 2019}}
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