Ynet

Ynet is one of the major Israeli news and general-content websites, and is the online outlet for the Yedioth Ahronot newspaper. However, most of Ynet's content is original work, published exclusively on the website and written by an independent staff.[1][2]

Ynet
TypePrivate Company
IndustryNews, Internet Portal
Founded2000 (2000)
HeadquartersRishon LeZion,
Israel
Key people
Yon Feder (Founder)
Avi Ben Tal (General Manager)
ParentYedioth Ahronoth
DivisionsYnetnews
Websitewww.ynet.co.il
www.ynetnews.com

Ynet was launched in June 2000[3] in Hebrew only, and in 2004 launched its English edition, Ynetnews. In addition, Ynet hosts the online version of Yedioth Aharanot's media group magazines: Laisha (which also operates Ynet's fashion section), Pnai Plus, Blazer, GO magazine, and Mentha. For two years, Ynet had also an Arabic version, which ceased to operate in May 2005. Ynet's main competition comes from Walla! Mako and Nana. Since 2008, Ynet is Israel's most popular internet portal, as measured by Google Trends.[4]

"200 Greatest Israelis" poll (2005)

In celebration of Israel's independence day in 2005, Ynet conducted a poll to determine whom Ynet readers consider to be the greatest Israelis of all time.[5][6][7][8][9] The top 200 results were published, with Yitzhak Rabin placing first in the survey, and David Ben-Gurion placing second.[6] Due to the nature of the poll used to select and rank the Israelis, the results do not pretend to be an objective assessment.[6]

Writers and contributors

Since its establishment, Ynet editorial included writers and journalists such as Attila Somfalvi, Ariana Melamed, Smadar Shiloni, Itzhak ben Horin, Merav Yodilevich, Eli Senior, Ron Ben Yishay, Meirav Kristal, Roy Yerushalmi, Erez Ehrlichman, Saray Shavit, and Hillel Posek, among many others.

Ynetnews

Ynetnews is the online English-language Israeli news website of Yedioth Ahronoth, and the Hebrew news portal, Ynet.[10][11]

Ynetnews was established in 2005 in Tel Aviv to provide reporting and news from Israel and the Middle East to the Israeli community and its readers.[12]

The founding editor of Ynetnews, Alan Abbey, left in the summer of 2005 to serve as Internet Director for Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. The current managing editor, Sara Miller, has previously headed the websites of Haaretz English edition and The Jerusalem Post.

Ynetnews' translators and editors provide coverage of news from Israel, Jewish World and the Middle East, based on the reporting and writing from Ynet, Yedioth Ahronoth, and other publications of its parent, the Yedioth Group. It regularly features renowned Yedioth commentators such as Nahum Barnea, Ron Ben-Yishai, Eitan Haber, Smadar Perry, Ronen Bergman, Shimon Shiffer, and Ariana Melamed. It also produces original content and in-depth reporting, commentary, and analysis.

See also
  • Media of Israel

References
  1. "Ynetnews: Israel at Your Fingertips". Ynetnews. 27 December 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. Otot.org Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Doron, Gideon; Lev-On, Azi (2014-06-11). New Media, Politics and Society in Israel. Routledge. ISBN 9781317977872.
  4. Nathan Lipson; Maayan Cohen (23 June 2008). "Ynet is the leading Israeli Internet portal". Haaretz. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. Laura Goldman (August 28, 2011). "Could Obama Be Ready to Jumpstart the Peace Process?". Business Insider. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  6. Guy Veniovic (November 5, 2005). הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין [Israeli number one: Yitzhak Rabin] (in Hebrew). Ynet. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  7. "Yossi Vardi". Wiredevent.co.uk. September 16, 2011. Archived from the original on August 18, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  8. "Shari Arison (1957-)". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  9. Uri Avnery (September 8, 2011). "Israeli Dogs of War". Salem-News. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  10. Christopher M. Jones (2010). Rushing Ahead to Armageddon. Xulon Press. p. 76. ISBN 9781615797967. Retrieved July 19, 2010 – via Google Books.
  11. Amelia Thomas; Michael Kohn (2010). Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Lonely Planet. p. 57. ISBN 9781741044560. Retrieved July 19, 2010 – via Internet Archive. Ynetnews.
  12. Nathaniel Popper (February 25, 2005). "Israeli Newspaper Brawl Moving to the Internet". The Forward. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
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