AlterNet

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**AlterNet**
URL	http://www.alternet.org/<tr><th>Commercial?</th><td>No</td></tr>
Type of site	news/editorial commentary<tr><th>Registration</th><td>Optional</td></tr>
Owner	Independent Media Institute
Created by	Independent Media Institute<tr><th>Launched</th><td>1998</td></tr><tr><th>Current status of site</th><td>Active</td></tr>

AlterNet is an "alternative" news website that was created in 1998 & receives over 1.5 million visitors per month.<ref>http://alternet.org/about/</ref> It publishes original editorial commentary as well as commentary from other sources. It is a project of the Independent Media Institute. Alternet's content is mostly progressive and ostensibly independent of any particular political party.