Heavy.com

Heavy is a news aggregation platform based in New York City. It operates through its flagship website, Heavy.com, and Spanish-language platform, AhoraMismo.com.[2] The website specializes in "5 Fast Facts” posts, which aggregate facts about trending topics and people.[3]

Heavy Inc.
Type of site
News
Available inEnglish, Spanish
OwnerHeavy Inc.
Created by
  • Simon Assaad
  • David Carson
URLheavy.com
Alexa rank 324 (June 2020)[1]
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedSeptember 23, 1998 (1998-09-23)
Current statusActive

History

Heavy.com was founded by Simon Assaad and David Carson in 1999 as a video-focused entertainment site aimed primarily at young men,[4] debuting audiovisual pop culture phenomena like the Kung Faux series.[3][5] Assaad and Carson said they modeled the highly interactive site on video games.[4] The website was rebooted in 2012 as a news site that reached more than 9 million readers a month as of January 2017.[3]

Assaad continues to serve as CEO,[6] and Aaron Nobel is the editor in chief.[3]

Content

Heavy.com aggregates news on trending topics.[3]

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board cited Heavy.com in an August 2019 story on the mass shooter in Dayton, Ohio, as having “gained access to Connor Betts Twitter account before it was taken down.”[7] Slate cited the website's story on the Quebec City mosque shooting as one of the first to be published in English.[3]

References
  1. "Heavy.com Site Info". Alexa.com. Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  2. Assaad, Simon. "About Heavy". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  3. Oremus, Will (2017-03-15). "Five Fast Facts About Heavy.com, the Biggest News Site You've Never Heard Of". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  4. Hansell, Saul (2006-03-27). "A Web Site So Hip It Gets Laddies to Watch the Ads". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  5. 'Kung Faux' a ninja sweet DVD by Staff Picks, The Oklahoma Daily, April 7, 2003.
  6. Heavy.com CEO Simon Assad Data by Crunchbase, retrieved December 23, 2019.
  7. Board, The Editorial. "Opinion | Politics and the Shooters". WSJ. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
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