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1. Guide to Online News Startups

   IGN

   January 5, 2011 04:06 PM

   SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — IGN, which began in 1996 as just another video game site in a flood of similar sites with a similar... Continue reading

2. Guide to Online News Startups

   Slant

   January 3, 2011 06:03 PM

   WEEHAWKEN, NEW JERSEY — Founded in 2001 as an outlet for its editors' frustrations with their day jobs, Slant Magazine began humbly as a... Continue reading

3. Guide to Online News Startups

   Salon

   January 3, 2011 05:34 PM

   SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — Just because Salon is the oldest general interest publication on the Internet doesn't mean that it's been standing still. Founded... Continue reading

4. Guide to Online News Startups

   PopMatters

   January 3, 2011 05:17 PM

   CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Back when the Internet was still the sole purview of academics and nerds, journalist Sarah Zupko, then working in marketing at Tribune Media... Continue reading

5. Guide to Online News Startups

   indieWIRE

   January 3, 2011 04:54 PM

   NEW YORK, NEW YORK — IndieWIRE is a daily news site and online resource that covers all aspects of specialty and independent film. Founded... Continue reading

6. Guide to Online News Startups

   GigaOM

   January 3, 2011 04:31 PM

   SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — What started out as a personal blog that combined former Forbes and Business 2.0 reporter Om Malik's mutual interests in technology and... Continue reading

7. Guide to Online News Startups

   Gawker

   January 3, 2011 01:35 PM

   NEW YORK, NEW YORK— The rise of Gawker has been well-documented. Founded by Nick Denton in 2003 as "the source for daily Manhattan media... Continue reading

8. Guide to Online News Startups

   Slate

   December 31, 2010 12:24 AM

   NEW YORK, NEW YORK — "Slate's overall mission is to create really intelligent, witty, durable web journalism; [that mission] has been more or... Continue reading

9. Guide to Online News Startups

   TechCrunch

   December 30, 2010 02:23 PM

   SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — From the very beginning, TechCrunch was part and parcel with Web 2.0. Founded by Michael Arrington in 2005, the site... Continue reading

10. Guide to Online News Startups

    Pitchfork

    December 29, 2010 04:40 PM

    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Founded in 1995 as an Internet alternative to traditional music fanzines, Pitchfork has become a force within the music... Continue reading

11. Bio

    Sean Gandert

    Sean Gandert is a contributor to CJR.