Joe (website)
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Type | Online newspaper |
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Owner(s) | MaximumMedia |
Editor | Paddy McKenna |
Founded | 2010 |
Circulation | 2 million unique visitors per month[1] |
Website |
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JOE (JOE.ie, JOE.co.uk) is a news website aimed at young men in the UK and Ireland with over 2 million unique visitors per month.[1] It is owned by Maximum Media.[2][3][4][5][6] The original website www.joe.ie was founded by Irish entrepreneur Niall McGarry.[3][4] Her.ie is a related website aimed at young women in Ireland. HerFamily.ie also forms part of the group.[7]
JOE.ie
The site was founded in 2010 and it was nominated for a Golden Spider Award in the One to Watch category in its first year and in the News and Entertainment category in 2013.[8][9][10] Showbiz website Goss.ie described it as "more influential" than traditional media in August 2016.[11] It is edited by Paddy McKenna.[2] The site's android app has had over 50,000 installs.[12] In November 2016, The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland upheld a complaint about an ad for Sprite featured on the site.[2]
SportsJOE.ie
SportsJOE.ie was launched in 2014, as an offshoot of JOE.ie, offering "in-depth analysis".[1] Daily Telegraph and Sunday Independent sports columnist Dion Fanning moved to the site in 2015.[1][13]
JOE.co.uk
The millennial[14] and "men, not lads" site was launched in September 2015 with Tony Barrett of The Times and former footballer Ledley King among the contributors.[15][16][4][7]
BBC political researcher Joey D'Urso cited content from Joe.co.uk – such as a video superimposing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's face onto that of the rapper Stormzy, while the leader appears "to rap a list of policies" – as an example of viral social media content which helped Labour's standing in the 2017 general election (especially among the youth), but which was not directly funded by the party itself.[17]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Slattery, Laura (6 November 2014). "How Irish digital media companies are betting on sport". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 Slattery, Laura (3 November 2016). "Complaints upheld against 'sexist' Sprite advertisement". Irish Times. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- 1 2 "JOE.ie boss McGarry plots €20m move on UK market". Irish Independent. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 Jackson, Jasper (23 October 2016). "'Assumptions other titles make about young men are flawed' says Joe.co.uk boss". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ "Here's what Offaly man Joe Troy makes of his epic Snapchat story going viral worldwide". DailyEdge.ie. 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
The next day, his friend decided to post it on Facebook and send it to Joe.ie
- ↑ Sexton, Colette (7 August 2016). "Never a slow week for Joe.ie". Sunday Business Post. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016. (Subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 "Maximum launches Joe.co.uk". Sunday Business Post. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2016. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "JOE.ie founder to speakin (sic) Galway". Advertiser.ie. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ↑ Dillon Scott, Piers (29 October 2010). "A quick tour of this year's Eircom Spiders awards and nominees". TheSociable.co. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ↑ "TV3's ShowPal™ wins prestigious Spider Award" (Press release). TV3 (Ireland). 29 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ↑ Ryan, Ali (24 August 2016). "Our Influencer List Explained". Goss.ie. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016.
- ↑ "Google Play: JOE.ie -The voice of Irish men".
- ↑ Farrell, Sinéad (27 March 2016). "Sunday Paper Review: Dion Fanning explains his reasons for switching to Sports Joe and tackles the subject of click bait". Newstalk. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ Prior, David (10 October 2016). "Social Chain launches rival to The Lad Bible and Joe.co.uk with millennial-focused Sporf". ProlificNorth.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ Southern, Lucinda (7 January 2016). "Lad-lite publisher JOE Media rings in 2016 by doubling its UK team". Digiday. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016.
- ↑ Flynn, Robert (31 August 2015). "Joe.ie all set to launch new website "for men, not lads."". MediaHQ.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ↑ D'Urso, Joey (31 March 2018). "Who spent what on Facebook at 2017 election?". BBC News. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
External links
- Joe.ie on Google Play
- Joe.ie on iTunes