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{{short description|Israeli news and general content website}}
{{Update|date=March 2022}}
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| logo = Ynet website logo.svg
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| type = Private company
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| foundation = {{start date and age|2000}}<!-- this parameter modifies "Founded" -->
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| location_country = [[Israel]]
| location = [[Rishon LeZion]]<!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" -->
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| key_people = Yon Feder (Founder) <br/> Avi Ben Tal (General Manager)
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| industry = News, Internet Portal
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| parent = ''[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]''
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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.ynet.co.il}}
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'''Ynet''' (stylized as '''ynet''') is one of the major [[Israel]]i [[news]] and general-content websites, and is the online outlet for the ''[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 December 2005 |title=Ynetnews: Israel at Your Fingertips |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3028645,00.html |publisher=Ynetnews |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026031531/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3028645,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==History==
Ynet launched on June 6, 2000, in [[Hebrew]], following other Hebrew outlet's website launches including ''[[Haaretz]]'', [[Maariv (newspaper)|Maariv]] and ''[[Globes (newspaper)|Globes]]''. According to ''Globes'', the launch of Ynet may have been delayed due to concerns about Ynet cannibalizing the ''[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]'' newspaper. The website had 130 staff members, and the original columnists included [[Ofer Shelah]] and [[Gadi Taub]]. The website's content is separate from the newspaper.<ref name="Meshari">{{cite news |last1=Meshari |first1=Aviva |title=סוף סוף: הושק YNet - האתר של "ידיעות אחרונות" |url=https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=201459 |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=[[Globes (newspaper)|Globes]] |date=2000-06-06 |language=Hebrew |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226184246/https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=201459 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAjKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA39|title=New Media, Politics and Society in Israel|last1=Doron|first1=Gideon|last2=Lev-On|first2=Azi|date=2014-06-11|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317977872|language=en}}</ref>
In addition, Ynet hosts the online version of Yedioth Aharanot's media group magazines: [[Laisha]] (which also operates Ynet's fashion section), [[Pnai Plus]], Blazer, GO magazine, and Mentha. For two years, Ynet had also an Arabic version, which ceased to operate in May 2005. Ynet<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main competition comes from [[Walla!]] Mako and [[Nana 10|Nana]]. Since 2008, Ynet is Israel's most popular internet portal, as measured by [[Google Trends]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ynet is the leading Israeli Internet portal |author=Nathan Lipson |author2=Maayan Cohen |date=23 June 2008 |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/ynet-is-the-leading-israeli-internet-portal-1.248301 |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015225741/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/ynet-is-the-leading-israeli-internet-portal-1.248301 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In celebration of [[Yom Ha'atzmaut|Israel's independence day]] in 2005, Ynet conducted a poll to determine whom Ynet readers consider to be the greatest Israelis of all time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/could-obama-be-ready-to-jumpstart-the-peace-process-2011-8 |title=Could Obama Be Ready to Jumpstart the Peace Process? |work=Business Insider |date=August 28, 2011 |author=Laura Goldman |access-date=September 22, 2011 |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016004201/https://www.businessinsider.com/could-obama-be-ready-to-jumpstart-the-peace-process-2011-8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=YnetGreatestIsraeli>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html |script-title=he:הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין |language=he |trans-title=Israeli number one: Yitzhak Rabin |newspaper=Ynet |date=November 5, 2005 |author=Guy Veniovic |access-date=September 22, 2011 |archive-date=12 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012151358/http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiredevent.co.uk/wired/speakers/yossi-vardi |title=Yossi Vardi |publisher=Wiredevent.co.uk |date=September 16, 2011 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818141645/http://www.wiredevent.co.uk/wired/speakers/yossi-vardi |archive-date=August 18, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Arison_Shari.html |title=Shari Arison (1957-) |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=September 22, 2011 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015225739/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Arison_Shari.html |url-status=live }}<!-- This not an acceptable reference for Wikipedia because it sources itself to Wikipedia! --></ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.salem-news.com/articles/september082011/israel-dogs-ua.php |title=Israeli Dogs of War |work=Salem-News |date=September 8, 2011 |author=Uri Avnery |access-date=September 22, 2011 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015225744/http://salem-news.com/articles/september082011/israel-dogs-ua.php |url-status=live }}</ref> The top 200 results were published, with [[Yitzhak Rabin]] placing first in the survey, and [[David Ben-Gurion]] placing second.<ref name=YnetGreatestIsraeli/>
In 2005, Ynet employed 80 reporters.<ref name="Ynetnews founded" />
== ''Ynetnews'' ==
[[File:Ynetnews Logo.gif|frameless|right]]
''Ynetnews'' is the [[English language]] website associated with ''[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]'', and the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ''Ynet''. ''Ynetnews'' was established in February 2005 in [[Tel Aviv]], with a staff of nine people. According to Gadi Taub of [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]], the launch of Ynetnews was a major event in English-language media in Israel. The founding editor of ''Ynetnews'', Alan Abbey planned to focus on [[American Jews]] as an audience.<ref name="Ynetnews founded">{{cite news |author=Nathaniel Popper |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/2979/ |title=Israeli Newspaper Brawl Moving to the Internet |work=[[The Forward]] |date=February 25, 2005 |access-date=April 11, 2008 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015225741/https://forward.com/articles/2979/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Abbey left in the summer of 2005 to serve as Internet Director for [[Shalom Hartman Institute]] in Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ALAN ABBEY - Research Fellow |url=https://www.hartman.org.il/person/alan-abbey/ |website=Shalom Hartman Institute |access-date=17 November 2023 |archive-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117121437/https://www.hartman.org.il/person/alan-abbey/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ynet.co.il Israel News - Ynet], {{in lang|he}}
* [http://www.ynetnews.com Israel News - Ynetnews], The English-language version of Ynet
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