Who founded AppleInsider?

kanekane
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Well, the question in the title says it all. Who started this site/forum and who controls it? Is there an AppleInsider manifesto?

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  • Reply 1 of 10
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    It was actually a porn site called AppleInsideHer for a long time. Then the founder turned into a hard core geek and pulled the old switcheroo.
  • Reply 2 of 10
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Yeah, I miss the good old days, mur.
  • Reply 3 of 10
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    I'm trying to remember the original founder's handle -- something quite normal. Kasper came in soon after. The site was originally called "Reality" some time around 1997/98. It became associated with and eventualy sold to MacNN. The site eventually changed its name to AppleInsider, changed its appearance at least twice, was tossed to the curb by MacNN after WorkerBee and Adobe's suit against MacNN, was out of action for almost a year, but grudgingly put back online by MacNN shortly before they sold it to the current owners who were the original owners and former owners of another rumors site that went nowhere around the time of OS X 10.0. I think that's the basic story, I might have made some mistakes though.



    The story of its owners sort of reflects the career of Steve Jobs, doesn't it?
  • Reply 4 of 10
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    OMG! It all makes sense!



    STEVE JOBS RUNS APPLEINSIDER!
  • Reply 5 of 10
    macsrgood4umacsrgood4u Posts: 3,007member
    Marty Motts and Joe Martinelli were the founders of Appleinsider.
  • Reply 6 of 10
    kanekane Posts: 392member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kickaha

    OMG! It all makes sense!



    STEVE JOBS RUNS APPLEINSIDER!



    You're right!! Steve Jobs is the AppleInsider the name is referring too! It really does make sence!! What better an insider than the actual Apple CEO himself!!
  • Reply 7 of 10
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    One of those "sex with fruits" sites, huh (no, not that kind...)?



  • Reply 8 of 10
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    Quote:

    One of those "sex with fruits" sites



    problem is gay porn sites are a dime a dozen now. they just couldn't compete.
  • Reply 9 of 10
    escherescher Posts: 1,811member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BuonRotto

    The site was originally called "Reality" some time around 1997/98. It became associated with and eventualy sold to MacNN.



    AFAIR, Reality was always part of MacNN, was called "MacNN Reality," and was reachable at http://www.macnn.com/reality/ . The Internet Archive only has the forwarding page that was left on MacNN after they got the separate AppleInsider domain.



    Quote:

    Originally posted by MacsRGood4U

    Marty Motts and Joe Martinelli were the founders of Appleinsider.



    Who exactly were they? And where does Monish Bhatia fit in there?



    Escher
  • Reply 10 of 10
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    It was found by Johnny Appleinsider who made his fame by spreading Apple rumors across the land.
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