''The Beast'' was a

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alternative biweekly print newspaper published from 2002 until 2009 and then exclusively online until about 2013.

History

''The Beast'' was founded by

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, Kevin McElwee, and Paul Fallon in 2002. (Taibbi and McElwee had previously collaborated on ''

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''.) ("About Us" section at bottom left) It was originally a free biweekly newspaper. In 2007 the publication began to charge for issues as a national monthly publication that also offered international subscriptions. In late 2009, ''The Beast'' stopped producing print editions but maintained an online presence with the

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: "The World's Only Website." The Beast's longest-serving editor was Allan Uthman. An annual feature of ''The Beast'' was "The 50 Most Loathsome

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" - a list of infamous celebrities, authors, athletes, pundits, politicians, and others selected for their dubious distinction, with reasons and examples given for each entry's inclusion. On February 23, 2011, editor Ian Murphy placed a prank telephone call to Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin during the

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. ''The Beast'' website closed in 2013.

References

External links

Website
of the ''Beast'' *http://www.buffalonews.com/city/politics/article349786.ece
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of

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stating that he has followed ''The Beast'' for seven years, is "impressed" by their work and hopes that their website gets many hits. Newspapers established in 2002 Publications disestablished in 2013 Biweekly newspapers published in the United States Newspapers published in Buffalo, New York Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Matt Taibbi Newspapers disestablished in 2009 2002 establishments in New York (state) 2013 disestablishments in New York (state) Online newspapers with defunct print editions {{BuffaloNY-stub