''Daily Radar'' was a news aggregator and portal site for

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's male-oriented content, including sports, film and television, and video games. Daily Radar started as a

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and

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, and was later renamed and relaunched in the UK as ''

GamesRadar ''GamesRadar+'' (formerly ''GamesRadar'') is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews. It is owned by Future plc. In late 2014, Future Publishing-owned sites ''Total Film'', '' SFX'', ''Edge'' and '' Computer ...

''. The site was run by

Imagine Media Future US, Inc. (formerly known as Imagine Media and The Future Network USA) is an American media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games, music, and technology markets. Headquartered in New York City, ...

(now Future) and consisted of many editors that contributed to Imagine's print publications. A victim of the

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burst, Imagine closed Daily Radar in 2001, weeks shy of E3. ''

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'' later noted that Daily Radar was among multiple "popular video-game news sites" to close in 2001, alongside

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Popular culture

Its name has since been the inspiration for the name of a satirical website, ''The Daily Raider''. It has also been the subject of jokes in the webcomic Penny Arcade. The website was mentioned on the television show ''

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'' when one of the reviewers employed by the website was sung to by

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in the style of

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Nintendo lawsuit and closure

Daily Radar was the center of a lawsuit brought against its parent company,

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. Nintendo alleged that The Daily Radar used

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images and the name "Pokemon" in their publication "100% Unofficial Pokémon Trainer's Guide". In response, Daily Radar ceased all reporting on Nintendo in January 2001. Four months later, on May 1, 2001, Imagine Media shut down The Daily Radar. On August 23, 2010, Daily Radar's website and all sub-sites (BallHype, ShowHype and several Daily Radar Blips sites) were replaced with a notice that they were "no longer being supported." Today URLs for Daily Radar redirect to the website

TechRadar ''TechRadar'' is an online publication owned by Future and focused on technology. It has editorial teams in the US, UK and Australia and provides news and reviews of tech products and gadgets. It was launched in 2007 and expanded to the US in ...

instead.

References

External links

Wayback link for Daily Radar (US site)Wayback link for Daily Radar (UK site)Wayback link for Imagine Publishing
* ttp://www.planetgamecube.com/editorials.cfm?action=profile&id=11 Editorial: Imagine Media, Victims?!?br>One of the many Penny Arcade comics attacking Daily RadarA Tribute to The Daily Radar
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