# HotNews

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{{Short description|Romanian news site}}
{{Distinguish|Hot News}}
{{Infobox website
| name = HotNews
| logo = HotNews logo.svg
| screenshot = 
| url        = [http://www.hotnews.ro/ www.hotnews.ro]
| commercial = Yes
| founder    = Ioan Margarit
| founded    = 
| type       = [News site](/source/News_site)
}}

'''HotNews''' is one of the oldest and biggest<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://editiadedimineata.ro/povestea-hotnews-primii-care-au-dat-stirea-in-online/ |title=Povestea Hotnews: primii care au dat știrea în online |date=2018-09-03 |website=Editia de Dimineata |language=ro-RO |access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref> [Romania](/source/Romania)n [news site](/source/news_site)s focused mainly on general topics, finance, politics, and current affairs. The website constantly publishes news, interviews, video documentaries, and opinion pieces.

==History==
The website was founded in October 1999 by a group of financial journalists under the name ''RevistaPresei.ro'' and contained articles from outside sources put together as a press review. It was rebranded as HotNews.ro in 2005.

As of February 2019, the site has around 250,000–300,000 unique users daily, more than 3 million monthly unique visitors, and around 30 million monthly page views, according to stats measured by the Romanian BRAT/SATI.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brat.ro/sati/site/hotnews-ro-1/trafic-total/|title=www.hotnews.ro|website=www.brat.ro|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref>

Located in [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest), the company employed more than 30 journalists in 2018. Its [advertising](/source/advertising) sales for 2007 stood between €600,000 and €700,000.<ref name="WoM">[http://windowonthemedia.com/2009/01/romania-hotnews/ Romania’s Hotnews.ro: from rogue pure player to market leader], [http://windowonthemedia.com/ Window on the Media], January 2008</ref>

==See also==
* [Communications media in Romania](/source/Communications_media_in_Romania)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.hotnews.ro/ HotNews homepage] (Romanian)
*[http://english.hotnews.ro/ HotNews homepage] (English)
*[https://zorideromania.ro/ News, Analysis & Reports]

Category:Romanian news websites
Category:Mass media companies established in 1999
Category:Mass media companies of Romania
Category:1999 establishments in Romania

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