A Bad Year for Good-News Sites

GoodEveryDay, gone; TakePart, severely downscaled.

In January, we ran an interview with Lew Harris. After a long managerial run with TheWrap, E! Entertainment and several other high-profile West Coast outlets, he was hired to oversee a new website called GoodEveryDay. The focus, per the name, was good news.

Although the site had a well-heeled financial backer, it did not last long after it was officially launched in March. Inexplicably, after giving the editorial staff the promise of a full year’s operational budget, the GoodEveryDay investor pulled the plug just two months in.

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