# Ynet

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{{short description|Israeli news and general content website}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Ynet
| logo = Ynet website logo.svg
| logo_size = 
| screenshot = Ynet screenshot.png
| caption = Screenshot of Ynet on 25 June 2025
| vector_logo = 
| collapsible = Yes
| type = [Online newspaper](/source/Online_newspaper)
| genre = 
| foundation = {{start date and age|2000}}<!-- this parameter modifies "Founded" -->
| founder = 
| location_city = 
| location_country = Israel
| location = [Rishon LeZion](/source/Rishon_LeZion)<!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" -->
| origins = 
| key_people = Gido Ran (editor in chief) <br/> Shay Magal (CEO)
| area_served = 
| industry = News, Internet portal
| products = 
| Income = 
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| num_employees = 
| parent = ''[Yedioth Ahronoth](/source/Yedioth_Ahronoth)''
| divisions = Ynetnews
| subsid = 
| owner = 
| slogan = 
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.ynet.co.il}}
| dissolved = 
| footnotes = 
}}

'''Ynet''' (stylized in [all lowercase](/source/all_lowercase) as '''ynet''') is an Israeli news and general-content website, and the online outlet for the ''[Yedioth Ahronoth](/source/Yedioth_Ahronoth)'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 December 2005 |title=Ynetnews: Israel at Your Fingertips |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3028645,00.html |publisher=Ynetnews |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026031531/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3028645,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
Ynet launched on June 6, 2000, in [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew), following other Hebrew outlet's website launches including ''[Haaretz](/source/Haaretz)'', [''Maariv''](/source/Maariv_(newspaper)) and ''[Globes](/source/Globes_(newspaper))''. According to ''Globes'', the launch of Ynet may have been delayed due to concerns about Ynet cannibalizing the ''[Yedioth Ahronoth](/source/Yedioth_Ahronoth)'' newspaper. The website had 130 staff members at launch, and the original columnists included [Ofer Shelah](/source/Ofer_Shelah) and [Gadi Taub](/source/Gadi_Taub). Its content is separate from the newspaper.<ref name="Meshari">{{cite news |last1=Meshari |first1=Aviva |title=סוף סוף: הושק YNet – האתר של "ידיעות אחרונות" |url=https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=201459 |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=[Globes](/source/Globes_(newspaper)) |date=2000-06-06 |language=Hebrew |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226184246/https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=201459 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAjKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA39|title=New Media, Politics and Society in Israel|last1=Doron|first1=Gideon|last2=Lev-On|first2=Azi|date=2014-06-11|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317977872|language=en}}</ref>

In addition, Ynet hosts the online version of Yedioth Aharanot's media group magazines: [Lalsha](/source/LaIsha) (which also operates Ynet's fashion section), ''[Pnai Plus](/source/Pnai_Plus)'', ''Blazer'', ''GO Magazine'', and ''Mentha''. For two years, Ynet also had an Arabic edition, which ceased operation in May 2005. Ynet<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main competition comes from [Walla!](/source/Walla!), Mako and [Nana](/source/Channel_10_(Israel)). Since 2008, Ynet is Israel's most popular internet portal, as measured by [Google Trends](/source/Google_Trends).<ref>{{cite news |title=Ynet is the leading Israeli Internet portal |author=Nathan Lipson |author2=Maayan Cohen |date=23 June 2008 |url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/ynet-is-the-leading-israeli-internet-portal-1.248301 |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015225741/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/ynet-is-the-leading-israeli-internet-portal-1.248301 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In celebration of [Israel's independence day](/source/Yom_Ha'atzmaut) in 2005, Ynet conducted a poll to determine whom Ynet readers consider to be the greatest Israelis of all time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/could-obama-be-ready-to-jumpstart-the-peace-process-2011-8 |title=Could Obama Be Ready to Jumpstart the Peace Process? |work=Business Insider |date=August 28, 2011 |author=Laura Goldman |access-date=September 22, 2011 |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016004201/https://www.businessinsider.com/could-obama-be-ready-to-jumpstart-the-peace-process-2011-8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=YnetGreatestIsraeli>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html |script-title=he:הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין |language=he |trans-title=Israeli number one: Yitzhak Rabin |newspaper=Ynet |date=November 5, 2005 |author=Guy Veniovic |access-date=September 22, 2011 |archive-date=12 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012151358/http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiredevent.co.uk/wired/speakers/yossi-vardi |title=Yossi Vardi |publisher=Wiredevent.co.uk |date=September 16, 2011 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818141645/http://www.wiredevent.co.uk/wired/speakers/yossi-vardi |archive-date=August 18, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Arison_Shari.html |title=Shari Arison (1957–) |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=September 22, 2011 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015225739/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Arison_Shari.html |url-status=live }}<!-- This not an acceptable reference for Wikipedia because it sources itself to Wikipedia! --></ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.salem-news.com/articles/september082011/israel-dogs-ua.php |title=Israeli Dogs of War |work=Salem-News |date=September 8, 2011 |author=Uri Avnery |access-date=September 22, 2011 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015225744/http://salem-news.com/articles/september082011/israel-dogs-ua.php |url-status=live }}</ref> The top 200 results were published, with [Yitzhak Rabin](/source/Yitzhak_Rabin) placing first in the survey, and [David Ben-Gurion](/source/David_Ben-Gurion) placing second.<ref name=YnetGreatestIsraeli/>

In 2005, Ynet employed 80 reporters.<ref name="Ynetnews founded" />

== ''Ynetnews'' ==
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''Ynetnews'' is the English language website associated with ''[Yedioth Ahronoth](/source/Yedioth_Ahronoth)'', and the [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language) ''Ynet''. ''Ynetnews'' was established in February 2005 in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv), with a staff of nine people. According to Gadi Taub of [Hebrew University of Jerusalem](/source/Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem), the launch of Ynetnews was a major event in English-language media in Israel. The founding editor of ''Ynetnews'', Alan Abbey planned to focus on [American Jews](/source/American_Jews) as an audience.<ref name="Ynetnews founded">{{cite news |author=Nathaniel Popper |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/2979/ |title=Israeli Newspaper Brawl Moving to the Internet |work=[The Forward](/source/The_Forward) |date=February 25, 2005 |access-date=April 11, 2008 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015225741/https://forward.com/articles/2979/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Abbey left in the summer of 2005 to serve as Internet Director for [Shalom Hartman Institute](/source/Shalom_Hartman_Institute) in Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alan Abbey – Research Fellow |url=https://www.hartman.org.il/person/alan-abbey/ |website=Shalom Hartman Institute |access-date=17 November 2023 |archive-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117121437/https://www.hartman.org.il/person/alan-abbey/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to a 2018 study published by [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), Ynet publishes articles and interviews at the instigation of the Israeli government, without declaring any connection with the government – these publications aim to stir up pro-Israeli sentiment.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Samantha |last2=Howard |first2=Philip N. |date=2018 |title=Online Supplement to Working Paper 2018.1 Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation |url=https://demtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/ct_appendix.pdf |work=Oxford University Press |pages=34–35}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.ynet.co.il/ Israel News – Ynet], {{in lang|he}}
* [https://www.ynetnews.com/ Israel News – Ynetnews], English-language version

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