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The Journal
Who runs The Journal, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest online news alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- BreakingNews.ie
Measured from The Journal’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit The Journal01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs The Journal
The Journal thejournal.ie
Read, share and shape the news on TheJournal.ie - Breaking Irish and International News
Wikidata: Irish Online News Publication
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What The Journal tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
14 of the 18 alternatives below have fewer, 1 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 5 tools
- EU company
- 1 tool
Advertising and retargeting
Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.
Session recording
Records clicks, scrolling and typing so the company can replay visits.
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
Marketing and email tracking
Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
Third-party embeds
Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to The Journal
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Journal, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
BreakingNews.ie | Irish News | Breaking News from Ireland
Ireland's premier breaking news website providing up to the minute news and sports reports. With e-mail news releases following breaking stories throughout the day
Very close - 02
newspaper
Very close - 03
The Irish Times | Latest news and headlines - Irish news, world news, video and podcasts
Irish news, world news and breaking updates. Get Ireland news, business, politics, sport, lifestyle, culture, podcasts, video and more from The Irish Times, the definitive brand of award-winning, in-depth journalism.
Very close - 04
Irish Examiner
The latest breaking local and international news and sport stories as they happen, with up to the minute updates and analysis
Very close - 05
RTÉ Ireland's National Television and Radio Broadcaster
RTÉ news brings you the latest Irish news, world news, international news and up to the minute reports on breaking Irish news stories and news from around the world. Watch and listen to Irish news stories on our video and audio streams.
Very close - 06
Business Post - Independent journalism every day
The Business Post is the home of quality independent journalism. An Irish and global news service, with award-winning comment and analysis.
Very close - 07
HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion
Read the latest U.S. and world news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion pieces from HuffPost’s trusted team of journalists.
Very close - 08
Newsroom | Independent New Zealand News and Current affairs
Newsroom is an independent, New Zealand-based news and current affairs site covering politics, business, climate change and more.
Very close - 09
BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more
Very close - 10
Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
Very close - 11
Semafor - An intelligent, transparent global news platform for breaking stories, analysis and video
Transparent, global reporting by Semafor journalists on politics, policy, business, finance, technology, climate, energy, media, entertainment, world affairs, China, Asia, Europe, Africa for US and international readers.
Very close - 12
International Business Times - Business News, Financial news
International Business Times is the leading provider of business news and financial news from the US and around the world.
Very close - 13
VICE - VICE is the definitive guide to enlightening information.
VICE is a global media channel focusing on investigative journalism and enlightening videos about everything from world news, travel, art, drugs, politics, sports, fashion, sex, and super cute animals.
Very close - 14
Latest News, Breaking News Today, LIVE News, Top News Headlines, India News, Viral Video, Cricket News, Sports News, Entertainment News, Business, Health, Lifestyle News & LIVE Updates| India.com
India.com Breaking News: Live News Updates from across India and the world. India.Com is your gateway to India for latest News, explainers, viral videos, cricket, sports, entertainment, business, health, lifestyle from India and around the world on India.com.
Very close - 15
Berita Terkini Hari Ini, Kabar Akurat Terpercaya - Kompas.com
Kompas.com - Berita Indonesia dan Dunia Terkini Hari Ini, Kabar Harian Terbaru Terpercaya Terlengkap Seputar Politik, Ekonomi, Travel, Teknologi, Otomotif, Bola
Very close - 16
The Intercept
Fearless, adversarial journalism that holds the powerful accountable.
Very close - 17
Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts
Online magazine of news, politics, technology, and culture. Combines humor and insight in thoughtful analyses of current events and political news.
Very close - 18
POLITICO – European Politics, Policy, Government News
POLITICO Europe covers the politics, policy and personalities of the European Union. Our coverage includes breaking news, opinion pieces, and features.
Very close - 19
Latest News, Breaking News Today - Entertainment, Cricket, Business, Politics - India Today
Check out the latest news from India and around the world. Latest India news on Bollywood, Politics, Business, Cricket, Technology and Travel.
Very close - 20
New Atlas: Technology-Innovation-Outdoor News
Extraordinary ideas and innovations moving the world forward.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles The Journal’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones The Journal uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Journal adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 21 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,199
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 27 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Journal’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
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- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro:200,200i,300,300i,400,400i,600,60…
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Hotjar page source: static.hotjar.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:servers.mcsv.net include:_spf.google.com include:spf.m…
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=8e35711422c1b17f589fcf8140d7b4602bedcac730dccd855…
- Monitoring
- Bugsnag page source: d2wy8f7a9ursnm.cloudfront.net
- Security
- reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
- CDN
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP header x-powered-by: PHP/7.1.33-81+0~20261022.128+ubuntu22.04~1.gbpa88ccf
- Authentication
- Firebase page source: gstatic.com/firebasejs/
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms19201325
- Email delivery
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:servers.mcsv.net include:_spf.google.com include:spf.m…
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS anna.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=uuIfYKYZzrGaVoiIblvEhBU8avxx7QhP0XZSk_s9UEQ
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=3havxusc6awoy8gonjiil3tl8s59xi
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Cloudflare · not on thejournal.ie 13/20
- Cloudflare DNS 12/20
- Meta Business Suite 11/20
- Microsoft 365 11/20
- Google Workspace 11/20
- Google Ad Manager 10/20
- Google Tag Manager 8/20
- Atlassian · not on thejournal.ie 7/20
- Google Fonts 7/20
- Mailgun · not on thejournal.ie 6/20
- jQuery 6/20
- PHP 6/20
- WordPress · not on thejournal.ie 6/20
- OneTrust · not on thejournal.ie 5/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on thejournal.ie 5/20