HotNews

{{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 }}

'''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> Romanian news sites 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, the company employed more than 30 journalists in 2018. Its 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

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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