FanHouse was a sports website owned by AOL. Launched in September 2006, FanHouse was considered the Internet's most linked sports blog by aggregator BallHype won Editor & Publisher's 2008 EPpy Award for "Best Sports Blog", and was named as a finalist for the award in 2009. In January 2009, FanHouse began hiring experienced print journalists, including Jay Mariotti of the ''

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'', Kevin Blackistone of the '' Dallas Morning News'', and

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of the '' New York Daily News''. FanHouse has continued to bolster its roster, hiring writers away from the ''

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'', '' Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' and ''

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'', among others. FanHouse kept its stable of traditional bloggers as well, including widely published

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and

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. Upon its 2006 launch, it became the first sports blog to pay many sports bloggers a per-post fee. FanHouse was managed by executive producer Randy Kim. Previous executive producers have moved on to leadership positions at

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(Jamie Mottram),

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(Alana Nguyen) and

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(John Clifford Ness). Many FanHouse bloggers have also moved on to other publications. In January 2011, '' Sporting News'' announced a partnership with AOL to take over editorial control of FanHouse; the site was merged into that of ''Sporting News'', and eventually discontinued.

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