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It was founded by Nicholas White in 2011, and is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gallaga_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallaga-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The site, conceived as the Internet's "hometown newspaper",<sup id="cite_ref-AdWeek_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AdWeek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> focuses on topics such as streaming entertainment, geek culture, <a href="/wiki/Memes" class="mw-redirect" title="Memes">memes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gadgets" class="mw-redirect" title="Gadgets">gadgets</a> and social issues, such as <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gender" title="Gender">gender</a> and <a href="/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)" title="Race (human categorization)">race</a>. In addition, an e-commerce arm produces branded video for advertisers and sells items from an online marketplace.<sup id="cite_ref-AdWeek_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AdWeek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-willens_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-willens-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Daily_Dot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Daily Dot</i> was established in 2011 by Nicholas White, whose goal was to cover Internet communities such as <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Reddit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tumblr" title="Tumblr">Tumblr</a> in the same manner as hometown newspapers cover their own communities. White's family has been in the newspaper business since buying the <i><a href="/wiki/Sandusky_Register" title="Sandusky Register">Sandusky Register</a></i> in Ohio in 1869, and White was a reporter and executive with the family's media company before establishing the site.<sup id="cite_ref-observer_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-observer-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>White launched <i>The Daily Dot</i> with $600,000 and a handful of full-time reporters. Many of the site's early stories were filed to a <a href="/wiki/Google_Doc" class="mw-redirect" title="Google Doc">Google Doc</a> and reported on <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>. After establishing a headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>, the company added other offices but many staff worked remotely from other locations.<sup id="cite_ref-observer_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-observer-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It raised a $10 million private investment to add staff, produce digital content and develop its internal creative agency in 2015, ramping up its output to 50–70 stories a day.<sup id="cite_ref-gallaga_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallaga-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-calnan_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-calnan-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its coverage has focused on "under-reported"<sup id="cite_ref-observer_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-observer-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> areas while emphasizing progressive issues such as <a href="/wiki/Body_positivity" title="Body positivity">body positivity</a> and feminism. White has also highlighted the need to diversify his staff. "Journalism has been dominated by a few select types of voices. We have an opportunity to break from that cycle" he has said.<sup id="cite_ref-gallaga_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallaga-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Daily Dot</i> has pursued several content strategies while building its online presence. In 2012, it was one of the first major sites to launch dedicated <a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">esports</a> coverage. In 2016, the company sold that section, Dot Esports, to <a href="/wiki/Gamurs" title="Gamurs">Gamurs</a>, an Australian esports multimedia operation.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, it purchased <i>The Kernel</i>, a competing website, and turned it into a weekly Sunday edition featuring long-form editorial built around a single theme. <i>The Kernel</i> founder and editor-in-chief <a href="/wiki/Milo_Yiannopoulos" title="Milo Yiannopoulos">Milo Yiannopoulos</a> stepped down following the acquisition.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Kernel ceased regular publication in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It also has collaborated on video projects with partners including <a href="/wiki/HLN_(TV_network)" title="HLN (TV network)">HLN</a>, on a co-branded series called Next Sex;<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Health and Human Services">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a>, for which it produced a public service announcement encouraging <a href="/wiki/Vaccination" title="Vaccination">vaccination</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a> character <a href="/wiki/Elmo" title="Elmo">Elmo</a> and former Surgeon General <a href="/wiki/Vivek_Murthy" title="Vivek Murthy">Vivek Murthy</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and television cooking personality <a href="/wiki/Alton_Brown" title="Alton Brown">Alton Brown</a>, whose review of kitchen gadgets garnered many millions of views on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alton_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alton-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2016, the site launched <i>VIP Voices</i>, a collection of op-eds from high-profile contributors on Internet issues in public discourse. Contributors include Mayor <a href="/wiki/Bill_de_Blasio" title="Bill de Blasio">Bill de Blasio</a>, Representative <a href="/wiki/Ted_Lieu" title="Ted Lieu">Ted Lieu</a>, and Senator <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lee" title="Mike Lee">Mike Lee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, <i>The Daily Dot</i> sued the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Police_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Police Department">New York Police Department</a> to access handgun license applications filed by <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> and two of his sons, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr." title="Donald Trump Jr.">Donald Trump Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Trump" title="Eric Trump">Eric Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suit alleges that the NYPD declined a request made by <i>The Daily Dot</i> under New York's Freedom of Information Law to release the information, citing privacy and safety concerns; the site argues the information should be public.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company had a full-time staff of 76, in addition to 222 freelance contributors, in early 2016<sup id="cite_ref-gallaga_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallaga-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before laying off 40% of its total staff in September 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> White, who called the layoff a "restructuring", said the move was necessary to refocus resources on growing areas such as video, e-commerce and sales.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site's e-commerce videos, produced in conjunction with advertisers, are shared on Facebook and generate revenue by sharing a portion of sales. In addition, the site has built two online storefronts, the Bazaar and The Daily Dot Store, on which it sells items.<sup id="cite_ref-willens_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-willens-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Daily_Dot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The site's coverage has been recognized by the following outlets: </p> <ul><li>2015 honoree, The Webby Awards, Websites-News.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015 finalist, Digiday Publisher of the Year, for its investigation of a data breach at global intelligence firm <a href="/wiki/Stratfor" title="Stratfor">Stratfor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015 cited among works of outstanding journalism by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a></i> for "How to Destroy an American Family", which chronicled the toll of continued cyberattacks on an Illinois family.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2016 finalist, <a href="/wiki/Digiday" title="Digiday">Digiday</a> Publisher of the Year and Best Native Advertising.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2016 finalist, The Webby Awards, Best Individual Performance in Online Film and Video (for Alton Brown collaboration).<sup id="cite_ref-Alton_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alton-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017, finalist, <a href="/wiki/CJ_Affiliate" title="CJ Affiliate">CJ Affiliate</a> CJ You Innovator of the Year Award.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Daily_Dot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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