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53-471: In October 2018, writer Stephen Elliott sued Donegan for defamation over his inclusion in the list. The lawsuit was settled in March 2023, with Elliott receiving a six-figure settlement from Donegan. In October 2017, Donegan posted the spreadsheet, which allowed anonymous contributions to supplement existing " whisper networks " about allegations of sexual harassment and violence in the media industry. The list—in

106-647: A Webby Award for "Best News Site" in 2012 and 2013. Also in 2012 John Avlon won National Society of Newspaper Columnists' award for best online column in 2012 for The Daily Beast . In March 2012, "Book Beast" won a National Magazine Award for Website Department, which "honors a department, channel or microsite". Anna Nemstova received the Courage in Journalism Award in 2015 from the International Women's Media Foundation . Also that year, Michael Daly won with

159-454: A 300% increase in the overall size of its social media community. In 2015, Ken Doctor, a news analyst for Nieman Lab , reported that The Daily Beast is "one of the fastest-growing news and information sites year-over-year in the 'General News' category". During Avlon's leadership from 2013 to 2018, The Daily Beast doubled its traffic to 1.1 million readers a day and won over 17 awards for journalistic excellence. The Daily Beast won

212-472: A co-founder of the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund . Elliott was represented by Andrew Miltenberg, a sexual assault defense attorney. Elliott's lawsuit sought to make public the identities of those who contributed to the crowd-sourced Google spreadsheet. Google reportedly told The Daily Beast that it would "oppose any attempt by Mr. Elliott to obtain information about this document from us." Donegan attempted to get

265-513: A few things well: They bang the phones, they don't always follow the same story everyone else is doing, and they are fast." Later in 2018, editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman characterized The Daily Beast as a "high-end tabloid " that embraces gonzo journalism . According to Shachtman, The Daily Beast ' s social media policy for journalists consists (as of 2018) of three main rules: "you're reporters, not cheerleaders" so do not be an open partisan; avoid hate speech and posts that could offend

318-471: A group; and "don't get your fellow reporters in trouble". A feature of The Daily Beast is the Cheat Sheet , billed as "must reads from all over". Published throughout the day, the Cheat Sheet offers a selection of articles from online news outlets on popular stories. The Cheat Sheet includes brief summaries of the article, and a link to read the full text of the article on the website of its provider. It

371-433: A lawsuit against the person who started the spreadsheet, journalist Moira Donegan. In March 2023, Elliott reached a settlement with Donegan for a six figure sum. After Elliott filed the suit against Donegan, according to The Daily Beast , former Rumpus managing editor Lyz Lenz accused Elliott of groping her and described on Twitter an incident where Elliott "hounded" her about watching a movie in his hotel room. However

424-677: A lengthy period of intense reflection". Andrew M. Seaman, ethics committee chair for the Society of Professional Journalists , called the article "journalistic trash, unethical and dangerous". The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association stated "The reporting was unethical, extremely careless of individual privacy and potentially dangerous to the athletes". Vince Gonzales, professor of professional practice at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism wrote "I think this borders on journalistic malpractice". The president of GLAAD , Sarah Kate Ellis , wrote "How this reporter thought it

477-526: A new record of 21 million unique visitors – a 60% year-over-year increase in readers, accompanied by a 300% increase in the overall size of its social media community. In May 2018, Avlon departed from the Beast to become full-time Senior Political Analyst and anchor at CNN . Avlon was succeeded by executive editor Noah Shachtman . In March 2017, former chief strategy and product officer Mike Dyer left for Intel . In May 2017, Heather Dietrick

530-403: A newsletter describing the incident in a way that left her feeling shamed for his own behavior. In 2017, Elliott was included on the " Shitty Media Men " list, a crowd-sourced Google spreadsheet containing allegations of sexual misconduct against men in the media industry. The allegations against Elliott included "rape accusations, sexual harassment" and "coercion". In October 2018, Elliott filed

583-580: A true-crime memoir about the Hans Reiser murder trial called The Adderall Diaries , which was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name , in which James Franco played Elliott. In 2012, Elliott directed the film About Cherry , based on a script written by Lorelei Lee and himself. The film starred Ashley Hinshaw , James Franco and Dev Patel , and debuted at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival . In December 2012, Elliott raised

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636-594: A video of a politician appearing to be drunk". The Daily Wire editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro said on Laura Ingraham 's The Ingraham Angle on June 3 that "My impression was that if you are posting anonymously on Facebook, then it's not really within Facebook's purview to start handing that information to media outlets, but I guess that isn't true". Other journalists who criticized The Daily Beast include freelance journalist and former The Young Turks journalist Michael Tracey , who said on Twitter that "No one on

689-517: Is "not for sale." In April 2024, Diller hired Ben Sherwood as chief executive and publisher, and Joanna Coles as chief creative and content officer. Employees were offered voluntary buyouts in May in an effort to cut costs. About 70% of unionized workers took the buyout, including almost all of the Beast 's senior staffers. In an April 2018 interview, Avlon described the publication's political stance as "non-partisan but not neutral": "what that means

742-522: Is Jewish on his father's side. Elliott went on the campaign trail and wrote a book about the 2004 U.S. presidential race , Looking Forward to It: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About It and Love the American Electoral Process . His novel Happy Baby , edited by Dave Eggers and co-published by McSweeney's and MacAdam/Cage , was released in February 2004. The paperback of Happy Baby

795-573: Is found at www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet. After the launch, the site introduced additional sections, including a video Cheat Sheet and Book Beast . The site frequently creates encyclopedic landing pages on topical subjects such as President Obama's inauguration , the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme , and the Iran uprising. In 2014, The Daily Beast became the majority on mobile and released an iOS app, which Nieman Lab described as "the dawn of

848-465: Is we're going to hit both sides where appropriate, but we're not going for mythic moral equivalence on every issue." In April 2017, Avlon discussed the organization's approach on the Poynter Institute 's podcast saying, "We're not going to toe any partisan line." In December 2017, NPR reported that The Daily Beast ' s editor-in-chief John Avlon had begun pairing reporters from both

901-538: The Miami Herald . Shafer also discovered that Posner had plagiarized content from a Miami Herald blog, a Miami Herald editorial, Texas Lawyer magazine and a health care journalism blog. Posner was dismissed from The Daily Beast following an internal review. On August 11, 2016, The Daily Beast published an article entitled "I Got Three Grindr Dates in an Hour in the Olympic Village", written by Nico Hines,

954-463: The Beast ' s "strike zone" as "politics, pop culture, and power". The Daily Beast began publishing on October 6, 2008. Its founding editor was Tina Brown , a former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker as well as the short-lived Talk magazine. The name of the site was taken from a fictional newspaper in Evelyn Waugh 's novel Scoop . In 2010, The Daily Beast merged with

1007-578: The Daily Beast does not quote Lenz as saying Elliott groped her, and Lenz's tweets linked in the Daily Beast article have since been deleted. In an article in The Stranger , some of the accusations by Lenz were called into question. He frequents a Tokyo S&M club called Eureka, where he partakes in masochistic play. The Daily Beast The Daily Beast is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. Founded in 2008,

1060-708: The Communications Decency Act , which affords providers and users of tech services fairly broad immunity for third-party content. Hall preliminarily found that Donegan "qualifies as a provider of an interactive computer service", but added, "Conversely, the Court is unable to find that it is evident from the face of the complaint that the allegations against Plaintiff included in the List were provided to Defendant by another information content provider." Hall found it possible that Donegan created Elliott's entry herself, and allowed

1113-497: The Court to only a few tangential references to sexual harassment or lewd jokes in the workplace in Plaintiff's writing and interviews. And the Court is not willing to find that Plaintiff's more extensive writings and interviews about sex, BDSM, and sexual assault—unrelated to workplace issues—transforms him into a public figure with respect to the controversy here." Donegan then claimed she had immunity from liability under Section 230 of

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1166-831: The National Society of Newspaper Columnists award in the category of Online, Blog, Multimedia – Over 100,000 Unique Visitors. In 2016, the Los Angeles Press Club nominated several of The Beast's writers including M. L. Nestel for Arts/Entertainment Investigative, Brandy Zadrozny and Ben Collins for best Celebrity Investigative, Malcolm Jones for best Obituary, Lizzie Crocker for Humor and Tim Teeman for Industry/ArtsHard News. Also nominated for best in field were Kevin Fallon for Industry/Arts Soft News and Melissa Leon for Industry/Arts Soft News. The Association of LGBTQ Journalists or NLGJA nominated both Tim Teeman 2016 Journalist of

1219-629: The Year and Heather Boerner Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage. In 2017, NLGJA awarded Jay Michaelson for his coverage of GOP anti-LGBT legislation and Tim Teeman for reporting on ALS. In 2017, the website won three New York Press Club Journalism Awards in the internet publishing categories of Entertainment News, Crime Reporting and Travel Reporting. In December, the Los Angeles Press Club's National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards announced

1272-409: The article, noting that the fake video had reached "the highest levels of power, with Rudy Giuliani himself tweeting it out" and therefore, according to Shachtman, it was worth identifying the creator of the fake video. Shachtman said Poulsen spoke with Brooks in an on-the-record interview for an hour. In August 2021, The Daily Beast published an article criticizing Mayim Bialik 's appointment as

1325-466: The case to move forward to discovery on this issue. Elliott also argued that Donegan destroyed evidence related to the issue when she was advised she could face legal liability. In March 2022, Donegan lost another effort to have the suit dismissed. In March 2023, Donegan and Elliott settled the suit. According to The Daily Beast , the settlement included a six-figure payment from Donegan to Elliott. While Elliott said he did not know who added him to

1378-486: The editor of The Paris Review , resigned amid an internal investigation into his behavior toward female employees and writers. He had informed board members that his name was on the list. He also resigned as editor at large of Farrar, Straus and Giroux . In January 2018, while the list was still being discussed in the media, it was rumored that Harper's planned to publish the list's creator's name in an article by Katie Roiphe , which elicited concern about doxing and

1431-502: The employment of prominent editor Leon Wieseltier , who was on the list, due to allegations of sexual harassment. In November 2017, BuzzFeed began an investigation of its employees on the list, including its White House correspondent, Adrian Carrasquillo. In December 2017, following a new complaint of inappropriate comments sent to a coworker, BuzzFeed fired Carrasquillo for violating its code of conduct. On December 6, 2017, Lorin Stein ,

1484-581: The fake video, despite admitting to being one of the administrators of the group that originally posted the video, Politics WatchDog, and blamed a "female admin" of the group. Brooks also said that he would sue The Daily Beast and Poulsen for publishing "inaccurate trash", and created a GoFundMe page to raise money for legal costs , with a goal of raising $ 10,000. As of the morning of June 3, 2019, he had raised more than $ 4,400. The Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald criticized The Daily Beast for revealing Brooks' identity, saying on Twitter that it

1537-404: The form of a shared Google spreadsheet—was active for around 12 hours, during which time it quickly went viral within media circles. Upon learning that BuzzFeed intended to publish an article about it, Donegan took it down. On October 16, 2017, social media personality Mike Cernovich tweeted that he was willing to pay $ 10,000 for a copy of the list. Cernovich later said that a source sent him

1590-458: The funds via Kickstarter to shoot his second film, Happy Baby , based on his novel of the same name. Production was completed on July 7, 2013 and the movie was released in 2016. In November 2015, Claire Vaye Watkins published an essay in Tin House describing an incident where Elliott asked repeatedly, while visiting her program as a guest writer, if he could sleep in her bed, and later sent out

1643-416: The lawsuit dismissed on multiple grounds. In June 2020, New York federal judge LaShann DeArcy Hall denied her motion for dismissal on the grounds that Elliott is a public figure who would need to show actual malice to prevail. Hall ruled, "Plaintiff's degree of involvement in a controversy surrounding sexual assault, sexual harassment, and consent in the workplace, if any, is de minimis. [...] Defendant directed

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1696-433: The list but "was insistent on not accepting anything". On October 21, Cernovich promised to publish the listed names, but after identifying two journalists, he consulted his lawyer and withheld the rest. On October 25, 2017, after obtaining a copy of the list, Politico contacted several publications with writers on the list. The New York Times said that since there had been no internal complaints about its employees on

1749-466: The list's creator's safety. The rumors prompted Donegan to preemptively come forward as the list's creator. On October 10, 2018, Stephen Elliott , a New Orleans-based writer and founder of the literary site The Rumpus , filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York against "Moira Donegan and Jane Does (1–30)" seeking $ 1.5 million in damages. Donegan was represented by Robbie Kaplan ,

1802-597: The list, he told The Daily Beast that the settlement was "enough money that it's basically an admission of guilt, and it feels like a victory". Stephen Elliott (author) Stephen Elliott (born December 3, 1971) is an American writer, editor, and filmmaker who has written and published seven books and directed two films. He is the founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the online literary magazine The Rumpus . In December 2014, he became senior editor at Epic Magazine . Elliott grew up in Chicago . In his adolescence he

1855-450: The list, it had not investigated them. New York magazine's publisher, New York Media , said that in the case of its employees on the list, "We have reviewed whether any type of action is appropriate and have acted accordingly. It is New York Media's policy not to disclose publicly any findings or actions taken as a result of this process so as to preserve the confidential and sensitive nature of these matters." One BuzzFeed staffer said

1908-615: The magazine Newsweek creating a combined company, The Newsweek Daily Beast Company . The merger ended in 2013, when Daily Beast owner IAC sold Newsweek to IBT Media , owner of the International Business Times . Brown stepped down as editor in September 2013. John Avlon , an American journalist and political commentator as well as a CNN contributor, was the site's editor-in-chief and managing director from 2013 to 2018. In September 2014, The Daily Beast reached

1961-591: The names were not a total surprise to many, and that the men's reputations preceded them. The list also contained the names of multiple The New Republic and The New Yorker employees who had multiple accusations against them, as indicated by their entries in the list being highlighted in red. Constance Grady of Vox wrote, "none of the men who appear on the Shitty Media Men list, even those who were accused of multiple counts of rape, have faced criminal charges." On October 27, 2017, The Atlantic terminated

2014-654: The new host of Jeopardy! , which described the Israel Defense Forces as "genocidal"; after human rights lawyers and members of the Jewish community objected, The Daily Beast removed the word and stated that it would review its editorial policy on the use of the term "genocide". In 2020, journalist Carson Griffith sued The Daily Beast , staff writer Maxwell Tani, and editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman for defamation over an article that alleged that Griffith made offensive comments in her role at Gawker . On March 24, 2021,

2067-444: The piece to remove details that could allow athletes to be identified, and editor in chief John Avlon added a lengthy editor's note. Criticism challenging the value of the piece continued, and The Daily Beast eventually removed the article altogether and issued an apology. In March 2017, Hines issued a formal apology for his actions, and it was announced by the website's editor Hines would be returning to The Daily Beast "following

2120-469: The planet ever thought "disinformation is the purview of Russia alone" other than self-aggrandizing, sleazy, click-chasing Daily Beast journalists", and media editor for TheWrap Jon Levine , who called the article a "hit job over a joke video that happened to go viral". When The Daily Beast editor Noah Shachtman was asked about these criticisms by CNN media reporter Brian Stelter on his Reliable Sources show on June 2, 2019, Shachtman defended

2173-568: The platform had won 4 awards for 2017 reporting including investigative articles about the Nate Parker rape case, comic Bob Smith 's struggle with ALS, and remembering Bill Paxton . In 2018, the trade magazine Digiday awarded the Beast ' s Cheat Sheet for best email newsletter. In September 2009, The Daily Beast launched a publishing initiative entitled "Beast Books" that will produce books by Beast writers on an accelerated publishing schedule. The first book published by Beast Books

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2226-464: The quantified news reader". The illustrational style used at the top of every article has been described as, "jaunty collage and pop-art illustrations". Contributors to the publication include notable writers and political activists such as: In May 2017, Pulitzer Prize–winning national security reporter Spencer Ackerman left The Guardian and joined The Daily Beast . In June 2017, HuffPost senior political editor Sam Stein announced he

2279-488: The right and left sides of the political spectrum to cover White House stories. Specifically, reporters Asawin Suebsaeng (formerly of Mother Jones ) and Lachlan Markay (formerly of The Heritage Foundation ) were tasked with covering the first Trump administration . The Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple stated in 2018 that "Pound for pound, [ The Daily Beast ] is an impressive operation. As I see it, they do

2332-700: The site's London editor, who was assigned to cover the Olympic Games. Hines, a heterosexual married man, signed up for several gay and straight dating apps, including Tinder , Bumble and Grindr , and documented his experiences in the Olympic Village . While not specifically naming names, Hines provided enough detail in the article to identify individual athletes, leading to widespread criticism that this information could be used against closeted gay athletes, especially those living in repressive countries. Facing intense backlash online, The Daily Beast edited

2385-410: The website is owned by IAC Inc . It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid " by Noah Shachtman , the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 2015 interview, former editor-in-chief John Avlon described the Beast ' s editorial approach: "We seek out scoops, scandals, and stories about secret worlds; we love confronting bullies, bigots, and hypocrites." In 2018, Avlon described

2438-675: The world, not everybody else is. Respect that." In June 2019, The Daily Beast reporter Kevin Poulsen was accused of doxing Shawn Brooks, a 34-year-old Trump supporter living in the Bronx , when Poulsen revealed his identity for being the alleged creator and disseminator of a widely shared fake video, which showed American politician Nancy Pelosi speaking in a slurred manner. The fake video had been shared over 60,000 times on Facebook and had more than 4 million views, and also spread to Twitter and YouTube . In response, Brooks denied creating

2491-613: Was John Avlon 's Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America . In January 2011, they published Stephen L. Carter 's The Violence of Peace: America's Wars in the Age of Obama . Also in 2011, Beast Books published Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee 's memoir, Mighty Be Our Powers . In February 2010, Jack Shafer of Slate magazine reported that the chief investigative reporter for The Daily Beast , Gerald Posner , had plagiarised five sentences from an article published by

2544-444: Was "repellent to unleash the resources of a major news outlet on an obscure, anonymous, powerless, quasi-unemployed citizen for the crime of trivially mocking the most powerful political leaders". HuffPost and New York contributor Yashar Ali also criticized The Daily Beast for revealing Brooks' identity, saying it "sets a really bad precedent when a private citizen has their identity publicly revealed simply because they made

2597-518: Was OK—or that somehow it was in the public's interest—to write about his deceitful encounters with these men reflects a complete lack of judgment and disregard for basic decency, not to mention the ethics of journalism". Swimmer Amini Fonua , who represented Tonga at the Rio games, criticized the article as 'deplorable', writing: "It is still illegal to be gay in Tonga, and while I’m strong enough to be me in front of

2650-439: Was appointed president and publisher. In July 2021, Shachtman announced that he'd be moving from the Beast to Rolling Stone and that he would be succeeded by Tracy Connor. In January 2023, it was reported by The New York Times that IAC chairman Barry Diller was considering a sale of The Daily Beast . In June 2023, however, Diller publicly acknowledged that he had ended talks to sell The Daily Beast , stating that it

2703-429: Was joining The Daily Beast in the same capacity. In early June 2014, Capital New York re-published a memo by outgoing CEO Rhona Murphy, stating that The Daily Beast ' s average unique monthly visitors increased from 13.5 million in 2013 to more than 17 million in 2014. By September 2014, the website reached a new record of 21 million unique visitors; it was a 60% year-over-year increase in readers, accompanied by

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2756-678: Was made a ward of the court and placed in several group homes. He attended Mather High School and the University of Illinois , and went on to receive his master's degree in cinema studies from Northwestern University in 1996. In 2001, he was awarded the Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University , given to emerging writers in fiction and poetry. He was then the Marsh McCall lecturer in Creative Writing at Stanford University. Elliott

2809-673: Was published by Picador in January 2005. His book My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up is a collection of S&M erotica, sometimes referred to as a sexual memoir, published by Cleis Press in 2006. In April 2007, he published an essay about his experiment of not using the Internet for one month, writing: "I could feel my attention span lengthening. I would think about problems until I figured them out." In 2008, he started The Rumpus , an online cultural commentary site. In 2009, he published

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