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Junkee

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Junkee
Type of site
Youth Media, Social liberal
Available inEnglish
OwnerJunkee Media
EditorAlice Griffin
URLjunkee.com
CommercialYes
Launched2013; 11 years ago (2013)[1]

Junkee.com is an Australian popular culture and news website run by new media company Junkee Media. It covers various topics including film, university, food, TV, politics, travel, career, health, and Internet culture. Its target demographic is 18- to 29-year-olds.[2]

Junkee was launched in March 2013 by Sound Alliance, now known as Junkee Media. Its founding editors were Steph Harmon and Rob Moran.[3]

It was voted the Mumbrella Media Brand of the Year in 2014's Mumbrella Awards.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Robin, Myriam (26 March 2014). "Move over, BuzzFeed: how Junkee is making its own way (and making money) online". Crikey. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  2. ^ Duggan, Tim (10 March 2013). "Welcome To Junkee". Junkee. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  3. ^ Christensen, Nic (11 March 2013). "Youth publisher launches mobile-first title Junkee.com". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015.
  4. ^ Burrowes, Tim. "2014 Mumbrella Award Winners". Mumbrella. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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