Net News Daily
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Net News Daily is a British news website founded by Scott Campbell and Nathan Adam. The site covers a range of topics, such as technology and entertainment and includes a prominent interviews section. Net News Daily was launched on 8 January 2009 as a simple news blog, but has grown since then.

Site popularity

Much of the publicity the site has received has been focused around the young age of the two founders, including a Newsround
Newsround
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 report on Scott Campbell. The site's creators have claimed in interviews that NND receives up to 5000 visitors per day.

Interviews

The site has conducted interviews with YouTube
YouTube
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 stars and people involved in breaking news
Breaking news
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 stories.

Michael Mooney

Michael Mooney was the creator of Mikeyy
Mikeyy
Mikeyy is the name of a computer worm that spread approximately 10,000 automated messages across social networking and mini-blog website Twitter.com in four discrete attacks "between 2 AM Saturday April 11, 2009 Pacific time and early Monday morning" before it was "identified and deleted"...

, a malicious worm on Twitter. He was interviewed by NND, during which Mooney revealed information that other media outlets did not already know. The interview was cited by Sky News
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...

 and Computerworld
Computerworld
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