True/Slant

True/Slant
Type of site
Online newspaper
Available inEnglish
FoundedApril 2009; 15 years ago (2009-04)
DissolvedJuly 31, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-07-31)
Headquarters
New York City, New York
,
U.S.
Founder(s)Lewis Dvorkin
Key peopleLewis Dvorkin, CEO
ServicesContent Creation & Content Publishing
Employees5
LaunchedApril 2009; 15 years ago (2009-04)
Current statusDefunct

True/Slant (T/S) was an original content news network. It was based in a loft in SoHo in New York City funded with $3 million in capital by Forbes Media and Fuse Capital. It was acquired by Forbes in May 2010.[1][2][3]

It launched its alpha in April 2009,[4] and its beta in June 2009.[1] It had a new approach to journalistic entrepreneurship and advertising, and blended journalism with social networking.[5]

After operating for slightly more than 12 months, True/Slant ceased operations on July 31, 2010.[6]

  1. ^ a b "True/Slant". True/Slant. June 18, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  2. ^ "Howard Kurtz – Media Web Site Pushes Entrepreneurial Model". washingtonpost.com. June 8, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  3. ^ Rice, Andrew (May 10, 2010). "Online Journalism Entrepreneurs". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Tech News & Analysis - Wall Street Journal".
  5. ^ Mossberg, Walter. "True/Slant's new slant on bringing news". Cape Cod Online. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  6. ^ Ungerleider, Neal (July 29, 2010). "Last post on True/Slant". Retrieved July 30, 2010.