NewsThump is a British news satire website that publishes spoof articles about current events. It is similar to other British news satire sites such as The Daily Mash. The site was started in 2009 by Richard Smith, a comedy writer. It had grown to receive around 100,000 hits a day by 2011-12. In a 2016 Reddit AMA, Smith said that the site was receiving 2 million views per month. Asked about how writing satire had changed online since he began NewsThump in 2009, Smith told The Big Issue that, "Ten years ago, something would happen in the news and we would spend a few hours going through it, knock around a few ideas and maybe publish something on the website. Now if something happens and someone thinks of a good joke, it is a race to get it online." In 2017, he said, "People perceive satire to be quite cynical, but people go onto our sites to be entertained." More information...
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