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Modern Humorist
Type of site	Humor website
Available in	English
Created by	John Aboud and Michael Colton
URL	www.modernhumorist.com
Launched	2000
Current status	Defunct (2003)

Modern Humorist was a United States–based humor webzine founded in 2000 by John Aboud and Michael Colton (who later became panelists on VH1's Best Week Ever), and managed by CEO Kate Barker.^[1] Its board of directors included feature film producer Frank Marshall and comedian Jon Stewart.^[2]

A competitor of The Onion, Modern Humorist stopped publishing new material in 2003. The site's archives remain online and free to the public. It was nominated for a Webby Award in the Humor category in 2001^[3] and in 2004,^[4] losing to The Onion both times.

Books

Modern Humorist produced three books:

(2001) My First Presidentiary (ISBN 0-609-80818-4)
(2001) Rough Draft: Pop Culture the Way It Almost Was (ISBN 0-609-80817-6)
(2002) One Nation, Extra Cheese (ISBN 0-609-80979-2)

Notable contributors

References

^ "Gelf Magazine a Meta-Interview with Colton & Aboud".
^ Mason, Jackie (June 30, 2000). "It list: Modern Humorist". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
^ "Who Will Win a Webby?". Los Angeles Times. May 3, 2001. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
^ "Webby Nominees". Webby Awards. 2004. Retrieved July 22, 2009.

External links

[1] "Gelf Magazine a Meta-Interview with Colton & Aboud".

[2] Mason, Jackie (June 30, 2000). "It list: Modern Humorist". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 22, 2009.

[3] "Who Will Win a Webby?". Los Angeles Times. May 3, 2001. Retrieved July 22, 2009.

[4] "Webby Nominees". Webby Awards. 2004. Retrieved July 22, 2009.

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