''TCS Daily'' was an online magazine with commentary and analysis on current news from a

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perspective. It was active between 2000 and 2010.

History and profile

''TCS'' is an

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that now stands for "Technology, Commerce, Society"; when the website was founded in 2000, those three letters stood for its original name, "Tech Central Station." The journal was originally published by

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, a lobbying and PR firm based in

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In 2006, it was sold to Nick Schulz, who had been its editor since 2001.Nick Schulz, "Something Old, Something New," ''TCS Daily'', September 19, 2006. Some critics have written that Schulz is "a paid spokesperson for the oil industry" since his website is sponsored in part by Exxon Mobil. Before the sale, it was "hosted" by James K. Glassman, a resident fellow at the

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and syndicated columnist. In 2006, he left TCS to become editor of ''The American''; Schulz transferred ownership of ''TCS'' to New River Media, Inc. a Washington-based media company. Schulz continued as editor in chief, until he followed Glassman to ''The American'' and soon replaced him as that magazine's editor. In December, 2010, Publisher Andrew Walworth, president of Grace Creek Media, announced that TCS would be folded into the website of the weekly public television series, "Ideas in Action," which was a co-production between Grace Creek and The George W. Bush Institute and hosted by Glassman. In its original incarnation, ''TCS'' was primarily funded by sponsors that included

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, Merck,

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, and

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. However, according to the website, the sale of the journal in 2006 rendered all previous sponsorships expired. ''TCS'' folded in December 2010.

References

External links

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