UnHerd
UnHerd is a British online magazine founded in July 2017. Content. "UnHerd" was founded in 2017 by conservative British political activist Tim Montgomerie, who also acted as editor. Montgomerie left the website in 2018. Journalist Sally Chatterton, who previously wrote for "The Daily Telegraph" and "The Independent", took over as editor. Freddie Sayers joined the magazine in 2019 as executive editor, having previously been editor-in-chief of YouGov and founder of the British news and current affairs website "Politics Home". , the website has 14 full-time editorial and production staff. The site's columnists include Giles Fraser, Ed  West, Tanya Gold, John Gray, James Bloodworth, Matthew Goodwin, Maurice Glasman, Julie Bindel, Michael Tracey, and Douglas Murray. In March 2020, "UnHerd" launched a.YouTube channel named LockdownTV, taking its name from the lockdowns implemented around the same time period to reduce the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. The channel posts interviews conducted by Sayers. The website initially existed without a paywall, as it is funded by an endowment from British investor Paul Marshall. In 2017, "New Statesman" reported that the site intended to introduce paid services. In May 2020, the site said that it intended to switch  to a subscription model later that year. Reception. Simon Childs, writing for "Vice" at the time of the site's launch in 2017, was critical of the underlying premise and assumptions of the site, saying "The social media news cycle can be a jading stream of ill-informed narcissists, but it's refreshing to be reminded that at least it offers a more diverse outlook than Tim Montgomerie funded by an oligarch publishing the kind of people who are generally "unheard" because people edge away from them at parties." Jasper Jackson writing for "New Statesman" around the same time was  skeptical that "UnHerd"s promotion of slow journalism was groundbreaking, as "the idea "UnHerd" is offering a groundbreaking solution to information overload is faintly ludicrous." Ian Burrell wrote in "i" in 2020 compared the website to Tortoise Media, as that one is also a "slower-paced news experiment that defies the catch-all notion of the media.".