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The ''Independent Journal Review'' is an American viral news website founded in 2012. It has over 35 million visitors a month, making it one of the top fifty websites in the United States.〔 The website is owned and operated by two former Republican party staff and the editor is Bert Atkinson, a former waiter.〔 The site has been described as a cross between ''BuzzFeed'' and ''RedState''.〔 and a cross between the ''Drudge Report'' and ''Upworthy''. ==History== In 2012, Alex Skatell, a former digital director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, launched the ''Independent Journal Review'', using $40,000 that Skatell had earned via a software application that he developed at college. He believed that there was a gap in the market for a publication that would appeal to “a more mainstream center-right audience” and began aggregating news stories on a Facebook page called ''Conservative Daily''. Skatell promoted the page and later launched the ''Independent Journal Review''.〔 Skatell teamed up with Phil Musser, a former executive director of the Republican Governors Association, who became a co-founder of the journal. Skatell then hired his friend Bert Atkinson to fill the position of editor and chief writer. Atkinson hired a staff of writers and editors to contribute to the journal. In January 2015, an angel investment firm invested $1.5M in the parent company of the site and Pete Snyder joined the board.〔 In June 2015, they hired Benny Johnson as a "content director". Johnson had previously worked at Buzzfeed but was fired after plagiarizing content from other websites. 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「Independent Journal Review」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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