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*Kinja*
Type of site	news aggregator
Owner	G/O Media
URL	kinja.com
Commercial	Yes
Launched	April 2004; 20 years ago

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Kinja is a free online news aggregator, launched in April 2004. It is operated by G/O Media. It was formerly operated by Gizmodo Media Group, which was purchased by Univision Communications during Gawker Media's bankruptcy.^[1]

History

With the intention of making blogs more accessible to the public, Nick Denton of Gawker Media and Meg Hourihan of Pyra Labs created Kinja, which began as an investigation into the navigation of blogs. It was dubbed Kinja in October 2003.^[2]

On February 11, 2013, Kinja 1.0 was launched on Jalopnik.^[3] Changes included an entire site and platform redesign, favoring a more Tumblr-esque design. Users received the ability to create their own blogs on Kinja, replacing the old profile system. Comments, replies, and posts all aggregate on the user's personal blog.

On March 11, 2013,^[4] Kinja was launched on Gawker Media blogs io9 and Deadspin, followed by Kotaku on March 25, 2013;^[5] Jezebel on April 8, 2013;^[6] Lifehacker on April 15, 2013;^[7] and Gizmodo on April 29, 2013.^[8]

In 2017, following Univision Communications' purchase of Gawker Media assets and their reorganization as Gizmodo Media Group, the company began to migrate some of its existing websites to Kinja as well, including The A.V. Club, Fusion (whose online editorial operation was later re-launched as Splinter), The Root, and The Onion. As of April 2018, ClickHole is also on the Kinja platform. The move was made as Univision staff were heavily interested in Kinja's "inset" feature for external links—which can display Amazon.com affiliate links with product thumbnails and prices, as they can be used to generate e-commerce revenue.^[9]^[10]

Usage

Kinja is a personal web service that allows its users to "bookmark" blogs, Kinja providing the user with excerpts of recent posts of the chosen blogs. These excerpts, known as personal "digests", are compiled into one page of excerpts, with other categorized compilations available based on such labels as media, music, liberal, conservative, and more. A user's personal selection of digests is easily available to any outside user, allowing others to share their favorite blogs and recent blog posts. Utilizing a webcrawler dubbed Kinjabot (similar to Google's webcrawlers), Kinja creates an internal index of all available weblogs as defined by Kinjabot.

References

^ "Univision Rebrands Gawker Media As Gizmodo Media Group; Starts Translating Content For Univision.com". Forbes. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
^ "Gawker's Kinja, circa 2003". kottke.org. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
^ "Welcome To What's Next". jalopnik.com. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Check Out io9's New Design!". io9.com. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Welcome To The New Kotaku: Better Graphics, More Interactive, Same Low Price". kotaku.com. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Welcome to the New Jezebel". jezebel.com. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Welcome to the New Lifehacker". lifehacker.com. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Welcome to the New Gizmodo". gizmodo.com. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Fusion is changing its name to Splinter". Poynter. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
^ "Kinja, the publishing system at the heart of Gawker, lives on under Univision". Poynter. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-25.

Sources

"Blog-Bleary? Try (What Else?) a Blog". The New York Times. April 1, 2004.

External links

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[Forbes_Veronica_Villafane_2016-1] "Univision Rebrands Gawker Media As Gizmodo Media Group; Starts Translating Content For Univision.com". Forbes. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2017-01-13.

[kottke-2] "Gawker's Kinja, circa 2003". kottke.org. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-12.

[jalopnik-3] "Welcome To What's Next". jalopnik.com. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

[io9-4] "Check Out io9's New Design!". io9.com. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

[kotaku-5] "Welcome To The New Kotaku: Better Graphics, More Interactive, Same Low Price". kotaku.com. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

[jezebel-6] "Welcome to the New Jezebel". jezebel.com. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

[lifehacker-7] "Welcome to the New Lifehacker". lifehacker.com. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

[gizmodo-8] "Welcome to the New Gizmodo". gizmodo.com. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

[9] "Fusion is changing its name to Splinter". Poynter. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-25.

[10] "Kinja, the publishing system at the heart of Gawker, lives on under Univision". Poynter. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-25.

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+'''Kinja''' is a free online [[news aggregator]], launched in April 2004. It is operated by [[G/O Media]]. It was formerly operated by [[Gizmodo Media Group]], which was purchased by [[Univision Communications]] during [[Gawker Media]]'s bankruptcy.<ref name="Forbes Veronica Villafane 2016">{{cite web | title = Univision Rebrands Gawker Media As Gizmodo Media Group; Starts Translating Content For Univision.com | website=Forbes  | date=2016-09-22 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/veronicavillafane/2016/09/22/univision-rebrands-gawker-media-as-gizmodo-media-group-starts-translating-content-for-univision-com/#31da38ef44ad | accessdate=2017-01-13}}</ref>
 ==History==
-With the intention of making blogs more accessible to the public, [[Nick Denton]] of [[Gawker Media]] and [[Meg Hourihan]] of [[Pyra Labs]] created Kinja, which began as an investigation into the navigation of [[blogs]]. It was dubbed Kinja in October of 2003.
+With the intention of making blogs more accessible to the public, [[Nick Denton]] of Gawker Media and [[Meg Hourihan]] of [[Pyra Labs]] created Kinja, which began as an investigation into the navigation of blogs. It was dubbed Kinja in October 2003.<ref name="kottke">{{cite web|url=http://kottke.org/12/06/gawkers-kinja-circa-2003|title=Gawker's Kinja, circa 2003|date=27 June 2012 |publisher=kottke.org|accessdate=2014-08-12}}</ref>
+On February 11, 2013, Kinja 1.0 was launched on [[Jalopnik]].<ref name="jalopnik">{{cite web|url=http://jalopnik.com/welcome-to-what-s-next-73787938|title=Welcome To What's Next|date=11 February 2013 |publisher=jalopnik.com|accessdate=2014-04-18}}</ref> Changes included an entire site and platform redesign, favoring a more [[Tumblr]]-esque design. Users received the ability to create their own blogs on Kinja, replacing the old profile system. Comments, replies, and posts all aggregate on the user's personal blog.
-Kinja operated from April 2004 to April 30, 2008.
+On March 11, 2013,<ref name="io9">{{cite web|url=http://io9.com/check-out-io9s-new-design-451387032|title=Check Out io9's New Design!|date=11 March 2013 |publisher=io9.com|accessdate=2014-04-18}}</ref> Kinja was launched on Gawker Media blogs [[io9]] and [[Deadspin]], followed by [[Kotaku]] on March 25, 2013;<ref name="kotaku">{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/welcome-to-the-new-kotaku-better-graphics-more-intera-458370679|title=Welcome To The New Kotaku: Better Graphics, More Interactive, Same Low Price.|date=25 March 2013 |publisher=kotaku.com|accessdate=2014-04-18}}</ref> [[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]] on April 8, 2013;<ref name="jezebel">{{cite web|url=http://jezebel.com/welcome-to-the-new-jezebel-470862928|title=Welcome to the New Jezebel|date=8 April 2013 |publisher=jezebel.com|accessdate=2014-04-18}}</ref> [[Lifehacker]] on April 15, 2013;<ref name="lifehacker">{{cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/welcome-to-the-new-lifehacker-472650381|title=Welcome to the New Lifehacker|date=15 April 2013 |publisher=lifehacker.com|accessdate=2014-04-18}}</ref> and [[Gizmodo]] on April 29, 2013.<ref name="gizmodo">{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/welcome-to-the-new-gizmodo-481330297|title=Welcome to the New Gizmodo|date=29 April 2013 |publisher=gizmodo.com|accessdate=2014-04-18}}</ref>
-Kinja is also the name of the current commenting system at [[Gawker Media]]'s blogs.
+In 2017, following Univision Communications' purchase of Gawker Media assets and their reorganization as [[Gizmodo Media Group]], the company began to migrate some of its existing websites to Kinja as well, including ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', [[Fusion TV|Fusion]] (whose online editorial operation was later re-launched as ''[[Splinter News|Splinter]]''), ''[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]]'', and ''[[The Onion]]''. As of April 2018, ''[[ClickHole]]'' is also on the Kinja platform. The move was made as Univision staff were heavily interested in Kinja's "inset" feature for external links—which can display [[Amazon.com]] affiliate links with product thumbnails and prices, as they can be used to generate e-commerce revenue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poynter.org/news/fusion-changing-its-name-splinter|title=Fusion is changing its name to Splinter|website=Poynter|date=7 July 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-09-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poynter.org/news/kinja-publishing-system-heart-gawker-lives-under-univision|title=Kinja, the publishing system at the heart of Gawker, lives on under Univision|website=Poynter|date=16 June 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-09-25}}</ref>
-On February 11, 2013 Kinja 1.0 was launched on [[Jalopnik]].<ref>http://jalopnik.com/welcome-to-what-s-next-73787938</ref> Changes included an entire site and platform redesign, favoring a cleaner and more Tumblr-esque design. Users received the ability to create their own blogs on Kinja, replacing the old profile system. Comments, replies, and posts all aggregate on the user's personal blog.
 ==Usage==
 <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Kinja screenshot.jpg|right|thumb|This is a screenshot of the Media digest collection at Kinja.]] -->
-Kinja was a personal web service that allowed its users to "bookmark" [[blog]]s, Kinja providing the user with excerpts of recent posts of the chosen logs. These excerpts, known as personal "digests", were compiled into one page's worth of excerpts, with other categorized compilations available based on such labels as media, music, liberal, conservative, and more. A user's personal choice of digests were easily available to any outside user, allowing others to share their favorite blogs and recent blog posts. Utilizing a [[webcrawler]] dubbed Kinjabot, (similar to Google's [[webcrawler]]s) Kinja created an internal index of all available web logs as defined by Kinjabot.
+Kinja is a personal web service that allows its users to "bookmark" blogs, Kinja providing the user with excerpts of recent posts of the chosen blogs. These excerpts, known as personal "digests", are compiled into one page of excerpts, with other categorized compilations available based on such labels as media, music, liberal, conservative, and more. A user's personal selection of digests is easily available to any outside user, allowing others to share their favorite blogs and recent blog posts. Utilizing a [[webcrawler]] dubbed Kinjabot (similar to Google's webcrawlers), Kinja creates an internal index of all available weblogs as defined by Kinjabot.
-==Sources==
-* [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/01/technology/circuits/01blog.html?ex=1396155600&en=e46d9ccada42e0c5&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND New York Times] ''Blog-Bleary? Try (What Else?) a Blog'' Thursday, April 1, 2004
-==External links==
-*[http://www.nickdenton.org Nick Denton's weblog]
-*[http://www.megnut.com Meg Hourihan's weblog]
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+==Sources==
-[[Category:Blogs]]
+*{{cite news|url =https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/01/technology/circuits/01blog.html?ex=1396155600&en=e46d9ccada42e0c5&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND |work= The New York Times|title=Blog-Bleary? Try (What Else?) a Blog| date= April 1, 2004}}
+== External links ==
+* {{Official website}}
+{{Gawker Media}}
+[[Category:American news websites]]
 [[Category:Gawker Media]]
 [[Category:Internet properties established in 2004]]
 [[Category:News aggregators]]
+[[Category:Former Univision Communications subsidiaries]]
-{{website-stub}}
+{{news-website-stub}}

v t e G/O Media
Corporate directors	Jim Spanfeller (CEO)
Blogs	Kotaku Quartz The Root
Former blogs	The A.V. Club ClickHole Deadspin Gizmodo io9 Jezebel Lifehacker The Onion Splinter News
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