Rare (website)
Rare is an American news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C. Rare was launched as a startup in 2013 by a team of journalists, marketers and business executives at Atlanta-based Cox Media Group. Rare's slogan is, “America's News Feed", describing itself as a "news, political, and lifestyle social content hub". Its current editors are Shannon Ratliff and Silke Jasso. The publication's first editor in chief was Brett M. Decker, formerly an editorial page writer for "The Wall Street Journal" and editorial page editor of "The Washington Times". Will Alford, one of the site 's original founders and a former newsroom director at "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution," became acting editor after Decker left. Betsi Fores, formerly of "The Daily Caller", became Rare's managing editor, and Jack Hunter, former aide to U.S. Senator Rand Paul, became the politics editor after resigning from his Senate job. History. Rare launched at a Newseum gala on April 15, 2013, and acquired 25 million page views within its first year. The website was aimed at a younger, center-right audience, and early contributors brought in by Decker's team included Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Grover  Norquist. Rare has been described as libertarian-conservative and has been compared to the websites "Independent Journal Review", BuzzFeed, and "The Huffington Post". Their original tagline, "Red is the Center" referred to an editorial position where conservative thinking was at the heart of American success. In 2014, their tagline became “America's News Feed”, reflecting more mainstream, high-traffic, popular content targeting a younger, socially engaged audience. In March 2018, editors for the site said Cox had decided to cease publication. Following a mass layoff of over 50 staffers, the site and its affiliated web properties were purchased by Texas -based Wide Open Media Group.