Radar (magazine)
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RadarOnline is an American
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 online publication. It started as a magazine first printed in 2003 as a test issue, relaunched twice in 2005 and 2006, and ceased publication in 2008. The magazine published articles on entertainment, fashion, politics, and human interest. Its founder and editor-in-chief was Maer Roshan
Maer Roshan
Maer Roshan is an American writer and editor who founded Radar Magazine and the website Radaronline.com. He has also served as Features Editor of Interview, Editor in Chief of QW, Deputy Editor of New York, and Editorial Director of Talk...

, an editor who previously worked at Interview magazine, New York Magazine, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

, and Talk magazine.

At the end of October 2008, the Radar property was purchased by American Media, Inc. and began an online-only run.

RadarOnline.com was relaunched in March 2009 with a re-branding, focusing on celebrity gossip, fashion and pop culture.

Notable coverage

The site was brought into the spotlight in July 2010 with the release of a series of recorded phone conversations allegedly between Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...

 and his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva
Oksana Grigorieva
Oksana Petrovna Grigorieva is a Russian pianist and singer-songwriter. She was born in Saransk, Mordovia, USSR, and raised in Ukraine and Russia. She studied music in Moscow and completed conservatoire studies in Kazan, before moving to London...

.

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