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WikiTribune

Logo: Wikitribune, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

For-profit, user-curated news website

WikiTribune (stylized as WikiTRIBUNE) was a news wiki where volunteers wrote and curated articles about widely publicised news by proof-reading, fact-checking, suggesting possible changes, and adding sources from other, usually long established outlets. Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, announced the site in April 2017 as a for-profit site, not affiliated with Wikipedia or its support organisation, the Wikimedia Foundation.2 It ceased to exist in 2019.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Apr 25, 2017Founded1

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WikiTribune front page, 2019
Photo: WikiTribune contributors, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

WikiTribune (stylized as WikiTRIBUNE) was a news wiki where volunteers wrote and curated articles about widely publicised news by proof-reading, fact-checking, suggesting possible changes, and adding sources from other, usually long established outlets. Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, announced the site in April 2017 as a for-profit site, not affiliated with Wikipedia or its support organisation, the Wikimedia Foundation.2

The story

Founded by Jimmy Wales on Apr 25, 2017.1

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Nov 2019Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Apr 25, 2017Founded Founded1

Sources

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