Slate.com

Slate.com is a daily magazine on the web founded in 1996, they are a general interest publication offering analysis and commentary about politics, news, business, technology and culture. Slate.com prides itself on it’s witty take on current events and has been recognized with numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online. The site is supported by advertising revenue and does not charge for access. The site is also owned by Graham Holdings Company. There is advertising throughout the site. Slate.com is a member of Amazon associates, which means when a reader clicks on a link from a Slate article to Amazon.com, Slate earns a percentage of your purchase. There are multimedia opportunities through-out the site to follow video and participate with google plus, twitter, facebook as well as your Slate plus account if you choose to upgrade. The Slate plus account is $5 a month or $50 a year and allows you to participate and dialogue through your account as well as an all-access pass to Slates writers and editors, a better online experience and discounts on merchandise and events. There is also a link at the bottom that allows you to repurpose Slate.com content. This is done through a company they have interest in called PARS International company, they are the authorized reprint, permissions/licensing agent which means they are the go to agent for direct mail, advertising, marketing, website enhancement, corporate literature, newsletters, annual reports and custom display products. Slate.com is similar to a newspaper, with a magazine flair, it has a most read section, a slatest section, most shared section, a voices section, life section, technology, sports, business and health and science section. It also has well written blogs covering topics from animals to space travel. Slate.com also has a link at the bottom of the site to connect to theROOT.com one of my favorite sites. I think the site is one of the best I’ve seen, I especially like the blogs if there is one thing they could improve on it would be a biography page for their writers and contributors. They are fantastic writers and I would like to know their journey and how they arrived at Slate.com