Mediaite
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| URL | http://www.mediaite.com/ |
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| Type of site | Blog |
| Created by | Dan Abrams (Publisher) Colby Hall (Managing Editor) Jon Nicosia (Senior Editor and Video Director) Tommy Christopher (Political Editor and White House Correspondent) Nando DiFino (Editor) Alex Alvarez (Editor) Frances Martel (Contributing Editor) Jon Bershad (Contributing Editor) |
| Launched | July 6, 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
Mediaite is a right wing news and opinion blog covering politics and entertainment in the media industry as well as other issues. It is the flagship blog of Abrams Media, a ring of blogs run by ABC legal analyst Dan Abrams and also featuring Gossip Cop, Geekosystem, Styleite, Sports Grid, The Mary Sue and Mogulite. Described by Abrams as "for the media, about the media and part of the new media,"[1] it features regular columns, an extensive video library, and the "Power Grid" that ranks media personalities by influence.
Abrams launched the site in July 2009 and currently serves as the site's publisher. The site's managing editor is Colby Hall. Other editors include Tommy Christopher, Nando DiFino, Alex Alvarez, Matt Schneider, Frances Martel and Jon Bershad. In an interview with The Washington Post, Hall described the site as "Huffington Post meets Gawker."[2]
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[edit] Traffic
After four months in operation, an analysis by media ratings blog TV By the Numbers indicated that Mediaite's traffic was comparable to that of similar blogs such as The Wrap and Deadline Hollywood Daily.[3] As of March 2010, Mediaite's traffic averaged about a million visitors a month, more than the entire Mediabistro.com blog network combined.[4] Mediaite is currently ranked in Technorati's top 100 blogs at #19.[5] In January 2011, Mediaite surpassed 9 million unique visitors. [6]
As of April 2011, Mediaite attracts an average of 1.2 million unique visitors per month. [7]
[edit] Power Grid
One notable feature of the site is the Power Grid,[8] a daily-updating list that uses an algorithm to rank over 1500 media professionals. The Power Grid uses a host of metrics,[9] such as TV viewership and Twitter followers, to determine individuals' ranks in their respective categories. Mediaite has stated that the list will continue to "roll out new metrics, new categories of people to be ranked, and new features for the Power Grid."[10] The Power Grid model has also been adapted to the other Abrams Media blogs Geekosystem, Styleite, and Sports Grid.
[edit] References
- ^ "A Note From Dan Abrams". Mediaite. 2009-07-05. http://www.mediaite.com/columnists/note-from-dan-abrams/. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ "Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on the Personality Preoccupation of Mediaite.com". The Washington Post. 2009-07-06. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/05/AR2009070502402.html?hpid=news-col-blog. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ . TV by the Numbers. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/05/nikki-finke-vs-the-wrap-vs-mediaite/32761.
- ^ "Mediaite.com Quantcast Audience Profile". Quantcast. 2010-03-23. http://www.quantcast.com/mediaite.com#traffic.
- ^ "Top 100 Blogs - 1 to 25". Technorati. 2011-04-08. http://technorati.com/blogs/top100/. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ^ http://www.mediaite.com/online/abrams-media-network-passes-9-million-unique-visitors-for-month-of-january/
- ^ http://www.quantcast.com/mediaite.com
- ^ "The Real Reason You Should Hate The Media (And That Includes Us) - Emeritus". Deadspin. 2009-07-07. http://deadspin.com/5308434/the-real-reason-you-should-hate-the-media-and-that-includes-us?skyline=true&s=x. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ "Power Grid FAQ". Mediaite. http://www.mediaite.com/power-grid-faq/. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ "I Was a Teenage Power Grid". Mediaite. 2009-07-08. http://www.mediaite.com/online/i-was-a-teenage-power-grid/. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
