Not to be confused with The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast is an American news reporting and opinion website founded and published by Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker as well as the short-lived Talk Magazine. The Daily Beast was launched on October 6, 2008, and is owned by IAC...

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The Beast was originally a Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...

 alternative biweekly newspaper which now publishes exclusively online.

The Beast was founded by Matt Taibbi

Matt Taibbi

Matthew C. "Matt" Taibbi is an American author and journalist reporting on politics, media, finance, and sports for Rolling Stone and Men's Journal, often in a polemical style. He has also edited and written for The eXile, the New York Press, and The Beast.- Early years :Taibbi grew up in the...

, Kevin McElwee and Paul Fallon in 2002. The format was originally a free biweekly newspaper, but changed in 2007 when it began to charge for issues as a national monthly publication that also offered international subscriptions. In late 2009, The Beast stopped producing print editions, but now actively maintains an online presence with the tagline

Tagline

A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in marketing materials and advertising. The idea behind the concept is to create a memorable phrase that will sum up the tone and premise of a brand or product , or to reinforce the audience's memory of a product...

 "The World's Only Website." The Beast's longest-serving editor was Allan Uthman; it is currently edited by Ian Murphy.

An annual feature of The Beast is "The 50 Most Loathsome Americans

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

" - a list of infamous celebrities, authors, athletes, pundits, politicians and others selected for their dubious distinction, with reasons and examples given for each entry's inclusion.

On February 23, 2011, editor Ian Murphy placed a prank telephone call to Governor Scott Walker

Scott Walker (politician)

Scott Kevin Walker is an American Republican politician who began serving as the 45th Governor of Wisconsin on January 3, 2011, after defeating Democratic candidate Tom Barrett, 52 percent to 47 percent in the November 2010 general election...

 of Wisconsin during the 2011 Wisconsin budget protests.

Editor Ian Murphy ran on the Green Party ticket in New York's 26th congressional district special election, 2011

New York's 26th congressional district special election, 2011

A 2011 special election in New York's 26th congressional district was held on May 24, 2011 to fill a seat in the U.S. Congress for New York's 26th congressional district. The vacancy was due to the February 2011 resignation of married Republican Chris Lee who resigned amid a scandal involving...

 for a seat vacated by Republican Chris Lee.

External links

• Website of the Beast
• http://www.buffalonews.com/city/politics/article349786.ece
• Video of Michael Moore
  Michael Moore
  Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...
  
  stating that he has followed The Beast for seven years, is "impressed" by their work and hopes that their website gets lots of hits.