Heavy (website)
Heavy is a news aggregation platform based in New York City. It operates through its flagship website, Heavy.com, and Spanish-language platform, AhoraMismo.com.[1] The website specializes in "5 Fast Facts" posts, which aggregate facts about trending topics and people.[2]
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Type of site | News |
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| Available in | English, Spanish |
| Owner | Heavy Inc. |
| Created by |
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| URL | heavy |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | September 23, 1998 |
| Current status | Active |
History
Heavy.com was founded by Simon Assaad and David Carson in 1999 as a video-focused entertainment site aimed primarily at young men,[3] debuting audiovisual pop culture phenomena like the Kung Faux series.[2][4] Assaad and Carson said they modeled the highly interactive site on video games.[3] The website was rebooted in 2012 as a news site that reached more than 9 million readers a month as of January 2017.[2]
Assaad continues to serve as CEO,[5] and Aaron Nobel is the editor in chief.[2]
Content
Heavy.com aggregates news on trending topics.[2]
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board cited Heavy.com in an August 2019 story on the mass shooter in Dayton, Ohio, as having "gained access to [Connor] Betts' Twitter account before it was taken down".[6] Slate cited the website's story on the Quebec City mosque shooting as one of the first to be published in English.[2]
References
- Assaad, Simon. "About Heavy". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- Oremus, Will (2017-03-15). "Five Fast Facts About Heavy.com, the Biggest News Site You've Never Heard Of". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- Hansell, Saul (2006-03-27). "A Web Site So Hip It Gets Laddies to Watch the Ads". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- 'Kung Faux' a ninja sweet DVD by Staff Picks, The Oklahoma Daily, April 7, 2003.
- Heavy.com CEO Simon Assad Data by Crunchbase, retrieved December 23, 2019.
- "Opinion | Politics and the Shooters". The Wall Street Journal. August 5, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-10.