Tina Brown launches Daily Beast
October 6, 2008 · Filed Under News
Tina Brown has launched her new website, The Daily Beast, a news aggregator that’s about 30 percent original content.
Brown says: “The great thing about the web is that a sensibility is what people are really looking for as they’re choosing how they read things, There are obviously many, many places you can get news and many, many places you can get opinion and many, many places you can get cultural coverage. What I’ve always tried to do with the magazines I’ve edited is my sensibility responding to the zeitgeist out there and picking what I think’s interesting. I’ve come to feel word of mouth is reshaping media and culture and we’re building a site where the rationale is word of mouth, the word of mouth of people we feel are interesting and feel have something to say and offer and know something. … There are other places where you can get aggregation, sure, but ultimately this will work - or not - depending on whether you like the sensibility of the people choosing it.”
More from Brown on the Beast from Paid Content.
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[...] Over at Cyber Journalist Net they reckon it’s ‘about 30 percent original content’ and Gawker is having fun speculating about Brown’s spending habits. [...]
TIna Brown is a great lady. She’s behind a lot of the stuff I read these days. Also, anyone who can use the word “zeitgeist” in a public announcement gets my vote.
The Daily Beast is a great idea. Simply everything I need to know in a simple to read format.