Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga (born September 11, 1971), often known by his username and former military nickname "Kos" (
kōz), is the founder and publisher of
Daily KosDaily Kos is an American political blog, publishing news and opinion from a liberal or progressive point of view. It functions as a discussion forum and group blog for a variety of netroots activists, whose efforts are primarily directed toward influencing and strengthening the Democratic Party...
, a
blogA blog is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order...
focusing on liberal and
Democratic PartyThe Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world. In the U.S...
politics. He is also a weekly columnist at the Washington D.C. newspaper
The HillThe Hill is a newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is written for and about the U.S. Congress.Since 2003, The Hills editor in chief has been Hugo Gurdon, previously a reporter and editor at The Daily Telegraph and the National Post...
and a contributing columnist at
NewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly newsmagazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
.
Moulitsas currently resides in
Berkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
, with his wife and two children.
Early life
Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga was born in Chicago,
IllinoisIllinois , the 21st state admitted to the United States of America, is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state and the fifth most populous state in the nation...
to a
SalvadoranEl Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America. It borders the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras. It lies on the Gulf of Fonseca, as does Nicaragua further south. It has a population of approximately 5.7 million people as of 2009 on...
mother and
GreekThe Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in diaspora communities around the world....
father. He moved with his family to El Salvador in 1976, but later returned to the Chicago area in 1980 after his family fled threats placed on their lives by
communist insurgentsThe Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is a Socialist political party of El Salvador that was formerly a revolutionary guerrilla organization...
during the Salvadoran Civil War. As an adult, he has recounted his memories of the civil war, including an incident that occurred when he was 8 years old, in which he saw communist guerrillas executing students who had been accused of collaborating with the government.
After graduating from
Schaumburg High SchoolSchaumburg High School, or SHS is a public four-year high school located in Schaumburg, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.-History:Schaumburg High School opened in 1970...
in
Schaumburg, IllinoisSchaumburg is a village in Cook County, north-east Illinois. Schaumburg is located just under 30 miles north-west of Chicago. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 75,386. As of 2005, the population slightly dropped to 72,690 according to the Census Bureau...
,, he served in the
U.S. ArmyThe United States Army is the branch of the United States Military responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military and is one of seven uniformed services...
from 1989 through 1992. He completed training at
Ft. SillFort Sill is a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.Today, Fort Sill remains the only active Army installation of all the forts on the South Plains built during the Indian Wars...
in Oklahoma and fulfilled his three-year enlistment as a
Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS)A multiple rocket launcher is a type of unguided rocket artillery system. Like other rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers are less accurate and have a much lower rate of fire than batteries of traditional artillery guns...
Fire Direction Specialist. while stationed in
Bamberg, GermanyBamberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...
. By his own account, he "missed deploying to the Gulf War by a hair." Moulitsas has described the Army as "perhaps the ideal society – we worked hard but the Army took care of us in return."
Prior to enlisting in the Army, Moulitsas was a member of the
Republican PartyThe Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP, despite being the younger of the two major parties. In the U.S...
. During the
1988 presidential electionThe United States presidential election of 1988 featured an open primary for both major parties. Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Reagan's Vice President, George H. W. Bush, won the...
, he served as a Republican
precinct captainA precinct captain is the individual who acts as the direct link between a political party organization and the voters in an election precinct...
and assisted with the re-election campaign of Illinois
CongressmanThe United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as the "House," is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, the upper house being the United States Senate. The composition and powers of the House and the Senate are established in Article One of the Constitution...
Henry HydeHenry John Hyde , an American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois, an area of Chicago's northwestern suburbs which included O'Hare International Airport...
. However, during his time in the military Moulitsas began a transition in his political philosophy that would lead him to change his party affiliation from the Republican Party to the
Democratic PartyThe Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world. In the U.S...
.
After leaving the army, he attended
Northern Illinois UniversityNorthern Illinois University is a public university located in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. It was founded on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as a satellite campus for what is now Illinois State University. The DeKalb campus was originally called Northern Illinois State...
and graduated in 1996 with two bachelor degrees, majoring in
philosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned...
,
journalismJournalism is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and comment via a widening spectrum of media. These include newspapers, magazines, radio and television, the internet and even, more recently, the mobile phone...
, and
political sciencePolitical science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. It is often described as the pragmatic application of the art and science of politics defined as "who gets what, when and how",...
. While attending NIU, he wrote for the college newspaper
The Northern Star and became its editor-in-chief in 1995. As a writer, he questioned NIU's policy of spending student fee money on athletic programs, generating a negative response from school officials, and also waged an unsucessful campaign to save the school's journalism program. In 2007, he was inducted into the Northern Star Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed by the newspaper's alumni association. He later attended the
Boston University School of LawBoston University School of Law is the law school affiliated with Boston University. Located in the heart of Boston University's campus on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, BU Law is housed in the tallest law school building in the United States and the tallest academic building on...
from 1996 to 1999, earning a
J.D.Juris Doctor is a first professional degree.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century as a degree similar to the old European doctor of law degree...
degree.
Daily Kos
After graduating from law school, Moulitsas moved to the
San Francisco Bay AreaThe San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Yay Area, is a metropolitan region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses large cities such as San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and...
, where he worked as a project manager at a web development shop. He founded
Daily KosDaily Kos is an American political blog, publishing news and opinion from a liberal or progressive point of view. It functions as a discussion forum and group blog for a variety of netroots activists, whose efforts are primarily directed toward influencing and strengthening the Democratic Party...
in May 2002, and has managed the blog as a full-time occupation since early 2004.
Growth and controversy
Since its creation
Daily Kos has grown to become the largest progressive community blog in the United States, with over 215,000 registered users and 2.5 million unique viewers per month as of August 2009. The blog's popularity has attracted the attention of many Democratic senators, congressmen, governors and candidates who have posted on the site, including
SenatorsThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution . Each U.S state is represented by two senators,...
John KerryJohn Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, and is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee....
and
Barbara BoxerBarbara Levy Boxer is an American Democratic politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. She holds the record for the most popular votes in a statewide contested election in California, having received 6,955,728 votes in her 2004 re-election over former Republican...
,
Senate Majority LeaderThe Senate Majority and Minority Leaders are two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders serve as the chief Senate spokesmen for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive business...
Harry ReidHarry Mason Reid is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party. He has been the Senate's Majority Leader since January 2007....
,
Speaker of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The current Speaker is Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat representing California's 8th congressional district....
Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. She is a member of the Democratic Party...
, former President
Jimmy CarterJames Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
, and President
Barack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first president born in Hawaii...
.
Daily Kos has also spawned an annual conference. The inaugural
YearlyKosNetroots Nation is a political convention for American progressive political activists, originally organized by readers and writers of Daily Kos, a liberal political blog. It was previously called YearlyKos. The 2009 Netroots Nation conference was held at the David L...
was held from June 8 to June 11, 2006, in
Las Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, fine dining, and entertainment. Las Vegas, which bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, is famous for the number of...
. Guests included Harry Reid,
Virginia GovernorThe Governor of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term. The position is currently held by Democrat Tim Kaine.- Qualifications :...
Mark WarnerMark Robert Warner is an American politician and businessman, currently serving in the United States Senate as the Junior Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Warner was Governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006 and is the Honorary Chairman of the Forward...
, and
Democratic National CommitteeThe Democratic National Committee is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis. While it is responsible for overseeing the process of writing a platform every four years, the DNC's central focus is on campaign and political activity in support...
chairman
Howard DeanHoward Brush Dean III is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He served six terms as Governor of Vermont and ran unsuccessfully for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination...
. The conference has since been renamed Netroots Nation.
Moulitsas attended the
California State DemocraticThe California Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the state of California. It is presently chaired by veteran Democratic politician and former United States Representative John L. Burton, who succeeded Art Torres in April of 2009. It is the majority party in both...
convention in
SacramentoSacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...
in March, 2003 with
Jerome ArmstrongJerome Armstrong is an American political strategist aligned with the Democratic Party. In 2001, he founded MyDD, a blog which covers politics with an openly Democratic partisan perspective, making him one of the first political bloggers...
of
MyDDMyDD is a collaborative politically progressive American politics blog. It was established by Jerome Armstrong in 2001. Its name was originally short for "My Due Diligence." In January 2006, the name was changed to "My Direct Democracy" as part of a site redesign, with the new tagline "Direct...
. According to
Glenn ReynoldsGlenn Harlan Reynolds is Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee, and is best known for his weblog, Instapundit, one of the most widely read American political weblogs....
, founder of the conservative blog
InstapunditInstapundit is a United States political blog produced by Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee. It is one of the most widely read blogs with political content...
, he and they may have been the first bloggers to be officially accredited at a political convention.
Blackwater controversy
In April 2004, Moulitsas and
Daily Kos became the focus of controversy over a statement that he posted in the comments section of a blog post about non-US military
Blackwater USAXe Services LLC is a private military company founded as Blackwater USA in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark. In October 2007, the company was renamed Blackwater Worldwide and was colloquially referred to as "Blackwater"...
employees who were killed and mutilated in
FallujahFallujah is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69 kilometers west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jewish academies for many centuries...
:
"Let the people see what war is like. This isn't an XboxThe Xbox is a video game console produced by Microsoft. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's PlayStation 2, Sega's Dreamcast, and Nintendo's GameCube...
game. There are real repercussions to Bush's folly. That said, I feel nothing over the death of merceneriesA mercenary is a professional soldier hired by a foreign army, as opposed to a soldier enlisted in the armed forces of a sovereign state. He or she takes part in armed conflict on many different scales, and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain...
. [sic] They aren't in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them."
Daily Kos lost several of its political advertisers in response to the controversy, and Democratic presidential candidate
John KerryJohn Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, and is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee....
's website removed a link to Daily Kos. In a blog post the next day, Moulitsas defended and clarified his remarks:
"My language was harsh, and, in reality, not true. Fact is, I did feel something. That's why I was so angry.
I was angry that five soldiers — the real heroes in my mind — were killed the same day and got far lower billing in the newscasts. I was angry that 51 American soldiers paid the ultimate price for BushGeorge Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000....
's folly in Iraq in March alone. I was angry that these mercenaries make more in a day than our brave men and women in uniform make in an entire month. I was angry that the US is funding private armies, paying them $30,000 per soldier, per month, while the Bush administrationThe Presidency of George W. Bush began on his inauguration on January 20, 2001 as the 43rd President of the United States of America. The oldest son of former president George H. W. Bush, George W...
tries to cut our soldiers' hazard pay. I was angry that these mercenaries would leave their wives and children behind to enter a war zone on their own violition.
So I struck back."
Remarks about Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign
On March 17, 2008, Moulitsas stated that Senator Hillary Clinton, who was then involved in a protracted race against Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, "doesn't deserve fairness on this site" because she "fails the test of the guiding principles of this site" and because Clinton had "no reasonable chance of victory". He accused her of "fomenting civil war in order to overturn the will of the Democratic electorate" and said Clinton's "only path to victory [...] is via coup by super delegate." His statement was precipitated by a "strike" conducted by several pro-Clinton diarists, even though none of these posters were paid or in any way officially linked to the site. Moulitsas responded directly to the "strike" by saying that it was more like a "boycott", noting that "It's a big Internet, so I hope they find what they're looking for."
Electoral activity
Prior to the 2006 elections, Moulitsas endorsed several candidates who rarely won races. This approach, he argues, is consistent with former
Democratic National CommitteeThe Democratic National Committee is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis. While it is responsible for overseeing the process of writing a platform every four years, the DNC's central focus is on campaign and political activity in support...
Chairman
Howard DeanHoward Brush Dean III is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He served six terms as Governor of Vermont and ran unsuccessfully for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination...
's "50 State Strategy".
Moulitsas also noted that he has endorsed several victorious candidates in upsets, including
Howard DeanHoward Brush Dean III is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He served six terms as Governor of Vermont and ran unsuccessfully for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination...
for chair of the DNC,
Jon TesterJon Tester is an organic farmer and junior U.S. Senator from the state of Montana, and a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his election in 2006, he served as President of the Montana State Senate.-Background:...
in the 2006 Democratic U.S. Senatorial primary in Montana,
Jim WebbJames Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. , is the senior Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan. He is a member of the Democratic Party....
in the 2006 Democratic U.S. Senatorial primary in Virginia, and
Ned LamontEdward Miner "Ned" Lamont, Jr. was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in the Connecticut United States Senate election held on on November 7 2006...
in the 2006 U.S. Senatorial primary in Connecticut. High-profile losses include Paul Hackett in a 2005 special election in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District and
Francine BusbyFrancine Pocino Busby was a 2006 Democratic candidate for Congress in California's 50th district, in North San Diego County...
in a 2006 special election in California's 50th Congressional District. However, both districts are heavily Republican.
Ned LamontEdward Miner "Ned" Lamont, Jr. was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in the Connecticut United States Senate election held on on November 7 2006...
did win the widely publicized Democratic Senate primary race with incumbent Senator Joseph Lieberman on August 8, 2006. His victory was partially credited to grassroots activism, and the support from the
blogosphereThe blogosphere is made up of all blogs and their interconnections. The term implies that blogs exist together as a connected community or as a social network in which everyday authors can publish their opinions....
, with Moulitsas in particular. In a post to his website, Moulitsas wrote that he prefers not to be given credit for such things, because it understates the efforts of grassroots contributors. However, Lieberman went on to defeat Lamont in the general election by a comfortable 9-point margin.
In 2006, Daily Kos-endorsed candidates did very well, with the following candidates now serving in Congress:
Jim WebbJames Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. , is the senior Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan. He is a member of the Democratic Party....
(VA-Sen),
Jon TesterJon Tester is an organic farmer and junior U.S. Senator from the state of Montana, and a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his election in 2006, he served as President of the Montana State Senate.-Background:...
(MT-Sen),
Tim WalzTimothy James Walz is an American politician. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party , Walz is the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota...
(MN-01), Joe Sestak (PA-07), Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23),
Patrick MurphyPatrick Joseph Murphy is the Congressman from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district, an American lawyer, and a former U.S. Army soldier. Murphy is the first veteran of the Iraq War to serve in Congress...
(PA-08),
Jerry McNerneyGerald "Jerry" McNerney is an engineer, energy specialist, and politician from the U.S. state of California. McNerney, a Democrat, won election to the U.S...
(CA-11), and
Paul HodesPaul Hodes is an American attorney and politician. He is currently a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing since 2007...
(NH-02). Several other Kos-endorsed candidates came within 3 percentage points of winning:
Larry KissellLawrence Webb "Larry" Kissell is an American politician and the Congressman for , which stretches from Charlotte to Fayetteville. Kissell won the seat by defeating five-term incumbent Robin Hayes, a Republican, in the 2008 elections....
(NC-08) (who would go on to be elected in 2008),
Gary TraunerGary S. Trauner is a Wyoming businessman and a two-time unsuccessful Democratic nominee for , his state's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was defeated in the 2006 and 2008 general elections by Republicans Barbara Cubin and Cynthia Lummis, respectively.Trauner lost by 1,012...
(WY-AL),
Linda StenderLinda Stender is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2002, where she represents the 22nd legislative district. She ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New Jersey's 7th District, in 2006 and...
(NJ-07), and
Darcy BurnerDarcy Gibbons Burner is a Democrat from Carnation, Washington. She was a candidate for in 2006 and 2008, but narrowly lost to Congressman, and former King County Sheriff, Dave Reichert in both elections. She worked for twelve years in high technology including five years at Microsoft as a Lead...
(WA-08).
Consultant, author, and entrepreneur
During the
United Kingdom general electionThe United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect members to the House of Commons.The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a reduced overall majority of 66 and they failed to gain any new seats...
in 2005, Moulitsas was hired by the British daily newspaper
The GuardianThe Guardian is a British daily newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Founded in 1821, it is unique among major British newspapers in being owned by a foundation .The Guardian Weekly, which circulates worldwide, provides a compact digest of four newspapers...
to write elections analysis for its weblog. Moulitsas is also a regular contributor to
NewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly newsmagazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
,, having been hired by the magazine for its 2008 presidential campaign coverage. He has also authored two books:
Crashing the Gate: Grassroots, Netroots, and the Rise of People-Powered PoliticsCrashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People Powered Politics is a book authored by American political bloggers Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos and Jerome Armstrong of MyDD, published in 2006 by Chelsea Green....
, which was co-written with
Jerome ArmstrongJerome Armstrong is an American political strategist aligned with the Democratic Party. In 2001, he founded MyDD, a blog which covers politics with an openly Democratic partisan perspective, making him one of the first political bloggers...
(of
MyDDMyDD is a collaborative politically progressive American politics blog. It was established by Jerome Armstrong in 2001. Its name was originally short for "My Due Diligence." In January 2006, the name was changed to "My Direct Democracy" as part of a site redesign, with the new tagline "Direct...
); and
Taking On the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital EraTaking On the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era is a book authored by American political blogger Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos, published in 2008 by Penguin Group.-Summary:...
, which was written alone.
Moulitsas is a fellow at the New Politics Institute, a think tank of the
New Democrat NetworkThe New Democrat Network is a United States think tank that promotes progressive Democratic candidates, especially those in a more centrist vein, although this focus has waxed and waned...
, which was founded by
Simon RosenbergSimon Rosenberg is the founder of the New Democrat Network, an organization formerly allied with the Democratic Leadership Council, and was a candidate for the Democratic National Committee Chair in 2005...
in 1996. The NDN's stated purpose is to help elect "
centristIn politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting moderate policies which lie between different political extremes. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between left-wing...
" Democrats, and is considered by many to be a successor to the centrist
Democratic Leadership CouncilThe Democratic Leadership Council is a non-profit 501 corporation that, upon its formation, argued the United States Democratic Party should shift away from the leftward turn it took in the late 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s...
(DLC), an organization that Simon Rosenberg resigned from in 1996.
In addition to political pursuits, Moulitsas, along with Tyler Bleszinski (of
Athletics NationAthletics Nation is a sports blog focusing on the Oakland Athletics baseball team. The blog was founded by freelance writer Tyler Bleszinski in 2003...
), is a cofounder of
SB NationSB Nation is a network of fan-centric online sports communities. Based in Washington, D.C., SB Nation focuses on developing high-quality grassroots sports sites on the web. Currently, they offer over 200 distinct team and sport-specific sites, each with its own name, URL, team colors, writers, and...
, a network of sports blogs. The network now covers all major American leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL), as well as dozens of colleges and other specific sports like golf, cycling, and ultimate fighting. The network now has close to 200 blogs and has been funded by Accel Partners.
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