39-576: Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews, and essays about the American comic book industry. It is owned by Future US . In June 2020, Newsarama was merged with the website GamesRadar+ , also owned by Future US . Newsarama began in mid-1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In the forum postings, Doran shared comic book-related news items he had found across
78-407: A classic website , a five-page website or a brochure website are often static websites, because they present pre-defined, static information to the user. This may include information about a company and its products and services through text, photos, animations, audio/video, and navigation menus. Static websites may still use server side includes (SSI) as an editing convenience, such as sharing
117-589: A private network , such as a company's internal website for its employees. Users can access websites on a range of devices, including desktops , laptops , tablets , and smartphones . The app used on these devices is called a web browser . The World Wide Web (WWW) was created in 1989 by the British CERN computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee . On 30 April 1993, CERN announced that the World Wide Web would be free to use for anyone, contributing to
156-899: A common menu bar across many pages. As the site's behavior to the reader is still static, this is not considered a dynamic site. A dynamic website is one that changes or customizes itself frequently and automatically. Server-side dynamic pages are generated "on the fly" by computer code that produces the HTML (CSS are responsible for appearance and thus, are static files). There are a wide range of software systems, such as CGI , Java Servlets and Java Server Pages (JSP), Active Server Pages and ColdFusion (CFML) that are available to generate dynamic Web systems and dynamic sites . Various Web application frameworks and Web template systems are available for general-use programming languages like Perl , PHP , Python and Ruby to make it faster and easier to create complex dynamic websites. A site can display
195-435: A joke regarding Marvel's penchant for relaunching titles with the prefix "new") appeared weekly until 2008, when the column moved to MySpace as "My Cup O' Joe." Spider-Man editor Stephen Wacker contributed to the "Weekly Webbing" Q&A column. Quesada then began writing the column "Cup of Joe" on Comic Book Resources when MySpace shut down its comic book division in 2009. Former DC Comics editor Michael Siglain contributed
234-474: A large series of static pages. Early websites had only text, and soon after, images. Web browser plug-ins were then used to add audio, video, and interactivity (such as for a rich Web application that mirrors the complexity of a desktop application like a word processor). Examples of such plug-ins are Microsoft Silverlight , Adobe Flash Player , Adobe Shockwave Player , and Java SE . HTML 5 includes provisions for audio and video without plugins. JavaScript
273-492: A message forum that Weiland created to discuss DC Comics ' then-new mini-series of the same name . CBR has featured columns by industry professionals such as Robert Kirkman , Gail Simone , and Mark Millar . Other columns were published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury and Timothy Callahan. By April 4, 2016, CBR was sold to Valnet Inc. , a Montreal, Canada –based company that owns other media properties including Screen Rant . The site
312-907: A milestone confirmed by Netcraft in its October 2014 Web Server Survey and that Internet Live Stats was the first to announce—as attested by this tweet from the inventor of the World Wide Web himself, Tim Berners-Lee—the number of websites in the world have subsequently declined, reverting to a level below 1 billion. This is due to the monthly fluctuations in the count of inactive websites. The number of websites continued growing to over 1 billion by March 2016 and has continued growing since. Netcraft Web Server Survey in January 2020 reported that there are 1,295,973,827 websites and in April 2021 reported that there are 1,212,139,815 sites across 10,939,637 web-facing computers, and 264,469,666 unique domains. An estimated 85 percent of all websites are inactive. A static website
351-477: A particular topic or purpose, such as news, education, commerce, entertainment, or social media . Hyperlinking between web pages guides the navigation of the site, which often starts with a home page . The most-visited sites are Google , YouTube , and Facebook . All publicly-accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web . There are also private websites that can only be accessed on
390-478: A registered member forum known as talk@Newsarama . In 2010, Newsarama closed down the forum and redirected readers to comment on the site's Facebook page. In 2013, Blog@Newsarama was discontinued after Graeme McMillan moved to The Hollywood Reporter . Purch's consumer brands, including Newsarama, were acquired by Future US in July 2018. In June 2020, Newsarama stopped being a standalone site and became part of
429-555: A series of "Post Game" columns offering coverage and commentary of popular genre-related television programs on a regular basis. Covered shows include Lost , Smallville , Batman: The Brave and the Bold , Fringe , Flash Forward , and others. In November 2005, Michael Dean, writing in The Comics Journal , studied Internet comic book industry news sources and evaluated Newsarama' s journalistic performance. The study praised
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#1732787204916468-559: A staff position at Marvel Comics . Brady took over writing for the site. Doran later returned to work at Newsarama , while Brady continued working as primary writer for the site. The site left the ViewAskew.com network and became independent in early April 2006. That same year, the site absorbed The Great Curve blog to create Blog@Newsarama. Newsarama was acquired by Imaginova in October 2007. The writers soon became unhappy with
507-479: Is a news website primarily covering comic book news, comic book reviews, and comic book–related topics involving movies, television, anime, and video games. It is owned by Valnet , parent of publications including Screenrant , Collider , MovieWeb and XDA Developers . Comic Book Resources ( CBR ) was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board,
546-492: Is also built into most modern web browsers, and allows for website creators to send code to the web browser that instructs it how to interactively modify page content and communicate with the web server if needed. The browser's internal representation of the content is known as the Document Object Model (DOM). WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is a modern JavaScript API for rendering interactive 3D graphics without
585-634: Is also headquartered in Montreal. Adam Swiderski, CBR 's editor-in-chief since July 2022, along with "senior news editor Stephen Gerding after 18 years with CBR and senior features editor Christopher Baggett after eight years" were laid off by Valnet in May 2023. Heidi MacDonald , for The Beat , reported that Swiderski, Gerding and Baggett were removed for "standing up for writers" and "pushing back against" changes Valnet instituted. MacDonald wrote that "writers were being asked to do more work while shrinking
624-516: Is generally non-interactive. This type of website usually displays the same information to all visitors. Similar to handing out a printed brochure to customers or clients, a static website will generally provide consistent, standard information for an extended period of time. Although the website owner may make updates periodically, it is a manual process to edit the text, photos, and other content and may require basic website design skills and software. Simple forms or marketing examples of websites, such as
663-495: Is one that has Web pages stored on the server in the format that is sent to a client Web browser. It is primarily coded in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML); Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are used to control appearance beyond basic HTML. Images are commonly used to create the desired appearance and as part of the main content. Audio or video might also be considered "static" content if it plays automatically or
702-493: The GamesRadar+ website, another brand owned by Future US. During the transition, most of the website's archives were erased. In February 2022, long-time contributor and editor Chris Arrant left to become editor-in-chief of ReedPOP . On 2 February 2023, it was announced that Doran had left Newsarama and GamesRadar+. Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada 's column "Joe Fridays" (renamed "New Joe Fridays" in 2006 as
741-520: The Web 2.0 community of sites and allow for interactivity between the site owner and site visitors or users. Static sites serve or capture information but do not allow engagement with the audience or users directly. Some websites are informational or produced by enthusiasts or for personal use or entertainment. Many websites do aim to make money using one or more business models, including: Comic Book Resources CBR , formerly Comic Book Resources ,
780-406: The World Wide Web and, as these postings became more regular and read widely, he gave them the title "Prodigy Comic Book Newswire." In January 1997, Doran began to post a version of the column titled The Comics Newswire on Usenet 's various rec.arts.comics communities. The name of the column evolved to The Newswire , and then to CBI Newsarama , before finally becoming Newsarama in 1998, with
819-448: The acquisition, TopTenREVIEWS rebranded to TechMedia Network. In April 2014, the company changed its name again to Purch Group . Newsarama has been quoted as a source of comic news by the mainstream media, including The New York Times . In 2006, Entertainment Weekly listed Newsarama as one of its "25 favorite online entertainment sites" in 2006 and as one of its "100 Greatest Websites" in 2007. Newsarama originally maintained
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#1732787204916858-612: The artists' work in each round. The contestants to move on to subsequent rounds are selected by fans who vote in a weekly poll. In 2008, the University at Buffalo 's research library described CBR as "the premiere comics-related site on the Web." In April 2013, comics writer Mark Millar said he read the site every morning after reading the Financial Times . In 2014, an article by guest author Janelle Asselin criticized
897-557: The column in its earliest forms reported both news and rumors, it later adopted a more journalistic news approach. Doran's postings left Usenet in 1998, becoming a Newsarama column on such websites as Mania.com, AnotherUniverse.com, Fandom.com and Comicon.com . In August 2002, the Newsarama column became a semi-autonomous site, hosted by Kevin Smith 's ViewAskew.com network of sites. Three months later, Doran left Newsarama to take
936-498: The cover of DC Comics 's Teen Titans , leading to harassment of and personal threats against Asselin in the website's community forums. Weiland issued a statement apologizing for the incident, condemning the way some community members had reacted, and rebooted the forums in order to establish new ground rules. Heidi MacDonald, for The Beat in June 2023, commented that after CBR was purchased by Valnet in 2016 it "gradually became
975-407: The current state of a dialogue between users, monitor a changing situation, or provide information in some way personalized to the requirements of the individual user. For example, when the front page of a news site is requested, the code running on the webserver might combine stored HTML fragments with news stories retrieved from a database or another website via RSS to produce a page that includes
1014-414: The help of co-creator Matt Brady. That year, Doran broke the news of Jim Lee 's sale of WildStorm to DC Comics , solidifying Newsarama as a major source for industry news. Newsarama became one of the first online news sources for the comic book industry, allowing it to gain popularity when it could break stories faster than other comic book news sources that appeared in printed publications. Although
1053-570: The immense growth of the Web. Before the introduction of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), other protocols such as File Transfer Protocol and the gopher protocol were used to retrieve individual files from a server. These protocols offer a simple directory structure in which the user navigates and where they choose files to download. Documents were most often presented as plain text files without formatting or were encoded in word processor formats. While "web site"
1092-414: The information out of his transcript, leading fans to criticize the website's reporting. The site has been the recipient of a number of awards and award nominations, including: Website A website (also written as a web site ) is one or more web pages and related content that is identified by a common domain name and published on at least one web server . Websites are typically dedicated to
1131-435: The latest information. Dynamic sites can be interactive by using HTML forms , storing and reading back browser cookies , or by creating a series of pages that reflect the previous history of clicks. Another example of dynamic content is when a retail website with a database of media products allows a user to input a search request, e.g. for the keyword Beatles . In response, the content of the Web page will spontaneously change
1170-535: The new owners when Imaginova relaunched the website without notifying the staff. When a promised raise fell through, those who contributed to Blog@Newsarama quit en masse in November 2008. A new team of contributors were brought on a month later. Brady left the site in July 2009, leaving Doran and Lucas Siegel to run the site, with Siegel taking the position of Site Editor. In October 2009, TopTenREVIEWS acquired Newsarama, alongside Space.com and Live Science . After
1209-710: The pay-per-view rates. The situation was described to me by one person as 'working writers to the bone', saying "The situation is so dire that in addition to the three editors, I'm told two HR people were laid off, who also objected to the demands that management was making on writers, who, as a reminder, are contractors, not employees". Graeme McMillan, for Popverse , commented that Valnet's culture does not permit "its contributors and employees to question corporate decree" which has led to layoffs of people who have spoken out "about potential issues over Valnet's management and business practices" at CBR and other Valnet-owned sites. In June 2023, McMillan of Popverse reported that there
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1248-646: The site for the depth of coverage provided in some articles, but criticized its reliance on press releases and the "softness" of the questions asked in its interviews. Dean focused on one story in particular, " Diamond Changes Thresholds" by Matt Brady. Though he found the piece qualified as "journalism", Dean also found it: "contained factual inaccuracies, failed to get multiple points of view and sucked up to its corporate subject". At WonderCon 2008, Bill Willingham revealed information about his Fables comic book series that he asked journalists not to report on. Graeme McMillan, representing Newsarama , agreed to leave
1287-522: The use of plug-ins. It allows interactive content such as 3D animations, visualizations and video explainers to presented users in the most intuitive way. A 2010-era trend in websites called "responsive design" has given the best viewing experience as it provides a device-based layout for users. These websites change their layout according to the device or mobile platform, thus giving a rich user experience. Websites can be divided into two broad categories—static and interactive. Interactive sites are part of
1326-419: The way it looked before, and will then display a list of Beatles products like CDs, DVDs, and books. Dynamic HTML uses JavaScript code to instruct the Web browser how to interactively modify the page contents. One way to simulate a certain type of dynamic website while avoiding the performance loss of initiating the dynamic engine on a per-user or per-connection basis is to periodically automatically regenerate
1365-741: The weekly "5.2 About 52" Q&A column covering the weekly comic book series 52 . DC Executive Editor Dan DiDio participated in a bi-weekly Q&A column, as well as a weekly column focusing on Countdown . Regular columns have included "Animated Shorts" by Steve Fritz, "Write or Wrong" by Dirk Manning, "Agent of S.T.Y.L.E." by Alan Kistler, covering the evolution of costumes and designs for different comic book characters, and "Best Shots" by reviewers from ShotgunReviews.com. Troy Brownfield contributed multiple columns, including "Right to Assemble", covering Marvel's Avengers titles, "Column . . . for JUSTICE," covering Justice League titles, "Getting Animated," and "Friday Flashback." Newsarama has also run
1404-408: Was a continuing "editorial exodus" at CBR. In August 2023, Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool commented that there appears to be "serious internal tensions" at CBR and highlighted that former CBR Comics News Editor Sean Gribbin stated between May and August ten News Editors have either left CBR or been laid off. Johnston reported that CBR Managing Editor Jon Arvden pushed back on speculation that CBR
1443-458: Was eliminating its news section. Comic Book Idol , also known as CBI , is an amateur comic-book art competition created and hosted by comics writer J. Torres , and sponsored by CBR and its participating advertisers. Inspired by the singing contest American Idol , CBI is a five-week and five-round competition in which each contestant is given one week to draw a script provided by guest judges. These invited comic-book professionals comment on
1482-404: Was relaunched as CBR.com on August 23, 2016, with the blogs integrated into the site. Popverse reported that following the acquisition by Valnet "comics were increasingly sidelined for coverage [...], as were both reviews and columns as focuses for publishing; instead, the site refocused on shorter news pieces and reactions to news stories". Valnet Inc. is a subsidiary of Valsef Group , which
1521-867: Was the original spelling (sometimes capitalized "Web site", since "Web" is a proper noun when referring to the World Wide Web), this variant has become rarely used, and "website" has become the standard spelling. All major style guides, such as The Chicago Manual of Style and the AP Stylebook , have reflected this change. In February 2009, Netcraft , an Internet monitoring company that has tracked Web growth since 1995, reported that there were 215,675,903 websites with domain names and content on them in 2009, compared to just 19,732 websites in August 1995. After reaching 1 billion websites in September 2014,
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