HotNews

{{Short description|Romanian news site}}

{{Distinguish|Hot News}}

{{Infobox website

| name = HotNews

| logo = HotNews.ro logo.gif

| screenshot =

| url = [http://www.hotnews.ro/ www.hotnews.ro]

| commercial = Yes

| founder = Ioan Margarit

| founded =

| type = News site

}}

HotNews is one of the oldest and biggest{{Cite web |url=https://editiadedimineata.ro/povestea-hotnews-primii-care-au-dat-stirea-in-online/ |title=Povestea Hotnews: primii care au dat știrea în online |date=2018-09-03 |website=Editia de Dimineata |language=ro-RO |access-date=2019-03-01}} Romanian news sites focused mainly on general topics, finance, politics, and current affairs. The website constantly publishes news, interviews, video documentaries, and opinion pieces.

History

The website was founded in October 1999 by a group of financial journalists under the name RevistaPresei.ro and contained articles from outside sources put together as a press review. It was rebranded as HotNews.ro in 2005.

As of February 2019, the site has around 250,000–300,000 unique users daily, more than 3 million monthly unique visitors, and around 30 million monthly page views, according to stats measured by the Romanian BRAT/SATI.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brat.ro/sati/site/hotnews-ro-1/trafic-total/|title=www.hotnews.ro|website=www.brat.ro|access-date=2019-03-01}}

Located in Bucharest, the company employed more than 30 journalists in 2018. Its advertising sales for 2007 stood between €600,000 and €700,000.[http://windowonthemedia.com/2009/01/romania-hotnews/ Romania’s Hotnews.ro: from rogue pure player to market leader], [http://windowonthemedia.com/ Window on the Media], January 2008

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