The Spinoff

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs The Spinoff

The Spinoff thespinoff.co.nz

New Zealand's home for independent journalism, illuminating perspectives and good times.

Company

No imprint we could read

Online since

Not in the Internet Archive

Audience

In English

02 · Privacy

What The Spinoff 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.

19 of the 60 sites closest to The Spinoff match.

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   RNZ rnz.co.nz English 2 trackers

   RNZ | New Zealand news, culture, radio, podcasts and more

   Comprehensive news, culture, lifestyle, live radio and on-demand audio, podcasts and documentaries from New Zealand's only non-commercial public media.

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   The Intercept theintercept.com English 1 tracker

   The Intercept

   Fearless, adversarial journalism that holds the powerful accountable.

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   Semafor semafor.com English 1 tracker

   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.

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   Bored Panda boredpanda.com Top 10K English No trackers

   Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas

   Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.

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   TIME time.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

   TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates

   Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.

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   Mental Floss mentalfloss.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

   Mental Floss - History, Trivia, Interesting Facts, and More

   Learn weird, interesting facts about history, entertainment, language, geography, and more topics. Test your knowledge with our quizzes and other trivia.

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   Polygon polygon.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

   Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More

   Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.

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   Ninemsn nine.com.au Top 10K English 1 tracker

   nine.com.au -- the new ninemsn - News, Sport, TV, Entertainment, Lifestyle | Latest Breaking News Headlines from Australia and the world

   Meet the new nine.com.au. Get the latest news, sport, TV, travel, fashion, fitness, recipes, celebrity news and exclusive content, all for free at nine.com.au, the home of Nine

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   NBC News nbcnews.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

   NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News

   Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.

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    The New Republic newrepublic.com English 1 tracker

    The New Republic

    Founded in 1914, The New Republic is a media organization dedicated to addressing today’s most critical issues.

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    GameRant gamerant.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games

    GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.

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    Newsday newsday.com English No trackers

    Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source - Newsday

    Breaking News, data & opinions in business, sports, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, plus much more. Newsday.com is the leading news source for Long Island & NYC.

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    TechCrunch techcrunch.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News

    TechCrunch | Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley

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    Refinery29 refinery29.com English No trackers

    Refinery29 UK

    Where style meets substance - fashion, entertainment, news, and wellness daily

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    GhanaWeb ghanaweb.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Challenge Validation

    Ghanaian news and opinion site

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    swissinfo.ch Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Switzerland - News and perspectives - SWI swissinfo.ch

    SWI swissinfo.ch, your link to Switzerland. Providing independent reporting in 10 languages, focusing on democracy, foreign policy, and more.

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    Australian Broadcasting Corporation abc.net.au Top 10K English 1 tracker

    ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.

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    Aeon aeon.co English 1 tracker

    Aeon | a world of ideas

    Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays from the world’s most incisive and ambitious thinkers, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all.

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    Anime News Network animenewsnetwork.com English 1 tracker

    Anime News Network

    English/French website about anime, manga, and Japanese culture

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Spinoff 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.