Slate (magazine)

Slate is an online news and culture magazine created by Microsoft in 1996 as part of MSN. On December 21, 2004, it was bought by The Washington Post.

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Microsoft - MSN - December 21 - 2004 - The Washington Post

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Former political correspondent Jacob Weisberg is the current editor and the Washington Post Company's Cliff Sloan is publisher http://slate.msn.com/id/2117942/. The founding editor was Michael Kinsley.

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Jacob Weisberg - Washington Post Company - Cliff Sloan - Michael Kinsley

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Like Salon.com, it covers politics, arts and culture, sports, and news. Slate is a hybrid of traditional news outlets and blogs; it is column-driven but maintains more journalistic credibility and objectivity than most blogs.

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Slate features regular and semi-regular columns such as Explainer, Chatterbox, and Dear Prudence. Many of the articles tend to be short and relatively lighthearted pieces. There are also many meta-columns: collection and analysis of major newspapers, magazines, blogs, and the like. It has a number of associated blogs, including some of the most notable on the Internet, such as the Kausfiles. It also features regular weeklong series of diaries from interesting people and a link to each day's Doonesbury, whose website Slate hosts.

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Explainer - Chatterbox - Blog - Kausfiles - Doonesbury

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Slate contributes to the National Public Radio show Day to Day.

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National Public Radio - Day to Day

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Slate also features a set of online forum boards called "The Fray," the editing and moderator duties of which are left up to a "Fray Editor," currently Kevin Arnovitz.

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The Fray - Kevin Arnovitz

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On July 15, 2005, Slate began offering a semi-regular podcast, featuring selected stories from the website read by Slate editor Andy Bowers.

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July 15 - 2005 - Podcast

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In September, 2005, it was announced that Michael Kinsley would once again return to Slate, writing a weekly column to be published simultaneously in Slate and the Washington Post.

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September - 2005 - Michael Kinsley - Washington Post

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