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ScienceDaily

American news website devoted to science

Summary

American news website devoted to science

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name	Science Daily
logo	Science Daily logo.png
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type	Press release distribution
language	English
owner	ScienceDaily, LLC
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current_status	Active

ScienceDaily is an American website launched in 1995 that aggregates press releases and publishes lightly edited press releases (a practice called churnalism) about science, similar to Phys.org and EurekAlert!.

History

The site was founded by married couple Dan and Michele Hogan in 1995; Dan Hogan formerly worked in the public affairs department of Jackson Laboratory writing press releases. The site makes money from selling advertisements. the site said that it had grown "from a two-person operation to a full-fledged news business with worldwide contributors". At the time, it was run out of the Hogans' home, had no reporters, and only reprinted press releases. In 2012, Quantcast ranked it at 614 with 2.6 million U.S. visitors.

Sections

As of August 2023, ScienceDaily mainly has five sections, Health, Tech, Enviro, Society, and Quirky, the last of which includes the top news.

References

(23 September 2009). "PR or science journalism? It's getting harder to tell". Ars Technica.
(11 January 2010). "Adapting to the new ecosystem of science journalism". National Geographic Phenomena.
(January 24, 2012). "From the Writer s Desk: The Dangers of Press Releases". Scientific American Blog Network.
(15 April 2010). "Site Provides Latest Scientific Research for Free". Information Today.
. ["Quantcast review of ScienceDaily website"](http://www.quantcast.com/sciencedaily.com). *Quantcast*.
"About This Site". ScienceDaily.

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