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''Flak Magazine'' was an early American online magazine, founded in 1998 by James Norton, Benjamin Fowler, Justin Knoll, Nicholas Coleman and others, mostly alumni and students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The chief editor was James Norton, the managing editors were Ben Fowler, Eric Wittmershaus and Joey Rubin. , it reported over 250,000 unique visitors monthly.〔(''Flak Magazine'' website - NOTE: This link does not go to the original Flak Magazine website. The FlakMag web address has been taken over by a site promoting diamonds and other jewelry. )〕 In 2008, Flak suspended publication. The ''PC Magazine'' wrote that Flak Magazine was "founded on the back of a placemat, prides itself on covering a little bit of everything. Topics vary wildly from music and book reviews to a feature story on the Unclaimed Baggage Center."〔("Flak Magazine" ), a ''PC Magazine'' review〕 The content of ''Flak ''was classified into features, opinion, books, film, music, web, TV and miscellaneous. It is an independent publication whose owners claim that making money is not among their goals.〔(Electric Mayhem ), an article about ''Flak Magazine'' in ''The Badger Herald'', April 18, 2002.〕 Among the list of writers who've written for Flak were Will Leitch,〔http://www.mediabistro.com/QA-Will-Leitch-a982.html〕 author and journalist Rob Walker,〔http://www.worldcat.org/title/flak-a-universal-history-of-chewing-gum-the-decline-fall-and-utter-collapse-of-american-culture-as-seen-through-a-bright-pink-bubble/oclc/60192649〕 Kickstarter cofounder Yancey Strickler,〔http://archive.is/ovGA〕 Yahoo Sports blogger and author Andy Behrens,〔http://www.worldcat.org/title/flak-a-universal-history-of-chewing-gum-the-decline-fall-and-utter-collapse-of-american-culture-as-seen-through-a-bright-pink-bubble/oclc/60192649〕 Forbes.com columnist Bob Cook〔http://www.worldcat.org/title/flak-a-universal-history-of-chewing-gum-the-decline-fall-and-utter-collapse-of-american-culture-as-seen-through-a-bright-pink-bubble/oclc/60192649〕 and actor Kevin Murphy. Over the years, it published interviews with artists including Daniel Clowes, Bruce Campbell, David Eggers, James Schamus, Seth MacFarlane and They Might Be Giants. Its Sunday Comics section includes contributors such as Stephen Notley, Nicholas Gurewitch and David Malki!. In 2006, Flak began producing a weekly podcast〔(''Flak Radio'' website )〕 featuring James Norton, Taylor Carik and The Al Franken Show producer Joel Meyer. In 2007, the podcast was nominated for a regional Emmy for "Online Personality."〔(''MNspeak.com'' website )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flak Magazine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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