<s>
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
is	O
an	O
American	O
online	O
news	O
platform	O
founded	O
by	O
David	O
Arabov	O
,	O
Jonathon	O
Francis	O
,	O
and	O
Gerard	O
Adams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
independently	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
and	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
DMG	O
Media	O
in	O
January	O
2015	O
for	O
an	O
estimated	O
$50	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
ranked	O
as	O
the	O
seventh	O
most	O
shared	O
site	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
the	O
fourteenth	O
most	O
popular	O
US	O
online	O
news	O
entity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
listed	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
prolific	O
Facebook	B-Application
content	O
publishers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
’s	O
documentary	O
team	O
took	O
home	O
a	O
New	O
York	O
Emmy	O
Award	O
in	O
Politics/Government	O
for	O
their	O
short	O
documentary	O
Meet	O
the	O
14-Year-Old	O
Who	O
Helped	O
Legalize	O
Medical	O
Marijuana	O
In	O
NY	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
17	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
was	O
purchased	O
from	O
DMG	O
by	O
Bustle	O
Digital	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
discovered	O
that	O
many	O
of	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
's	O
writers	O
were	O
using	O
fake	O
names	O
and	O
profile	O
photos	O
that	O
were	O
actually	O
of	O
unrelated	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
's	O
staff	O
was	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
TechCrunch	O
article	O
as	O
having	O
the	O
belief	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
responsibility	O
in	O
telling	O
the	O
truth	O
when	O
it	O
comes	O
to	O
[	O
a	O
writer's ]	O
byline	O
or	O
bio	O
,	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
the	O
articles	O
themselves	O
are	O
accurate.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
Gawker	O
writer	O
Kate	O
Knibbs	O
discovered	O
that	O
her	O
name	O
was	O
appearing	O
in	O
the	O
byline	O
of	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
articles	O
she	O
had	O
not	O
written	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
questioned	O
about	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
's	O
failure	O
to	O
authenticate	O
the	O
identity	O
of	O
the	O
writer	O
claiming	O
to	O
be	O
Knibbs	O
,	O
the	O
communications	O
director	O
of	O
another	O
DMG	O
publication	O
(	O
the	O
Daily	O
Mail	O
)	O
Sean	O
Walsh	O
suggested	O
systemic	O
risks	O
of	O
the	O
publication	O
's	O
system	O
and	O
responded	O
,	O
"	O
This	O
is	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
a	O
platform	O
that	O
accepts	O
contributors.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
matter	O
was	O
settled	O
and	O
Knibbs	O
said	O
once	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
confirmed	O
the	O
veracity	O
of	O
her	O
claims	O
they	O
acted	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
courteous	O
"	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
September	O
2013	O
article	O
,	O
Jezebel	O
criticized	O
an	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
article	O
which	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
a	O
woman	O
's	O
value	O
depreciates	O
over	O
time	O
"	O
,	O
compared	O
aging	O
women	O
to	O
stale	O
bread	O
,	O
and	O
suggested	O
that	O
this	O
was	O
justification	O
"	O
compelling	O
men	O
to	O
cheat	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jezebel	O
has	O
remained	O
critical	O
of	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
,	O
publishing	O
articles	O
condemning	O
the	O
site	O
and	O
its	O
content	O
as	O
recently	O
as	O
September	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2014	O
,	O
The	O
Daily	O
Banter	O
published	O
an	O
article	O
calling	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
"	O
everything	O
that	O
is	O
wrong	O
with	O
online	O
journalism	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2015	O
Gawker	O
story	O
,	O
writer	O
Max	O
Read	O
credits	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
for	O
shifting	O
"	O
away	O
from	O
aggressively	O
dumb	O
misogyny	O
"	O
but	O
notes	O
that	O
the	O
site	O
remains	O
"	O
imbecilic	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
dull	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
utterly	O
charmless	O
and	O
completely	O
unredeemable	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
photojournalist	O
Peter	O
Menzel	O
sued	O
Elite	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
for	O
using	O
thirty	O
of	O
his	O
photos	O
without	O
his	O
consent	O
.	O
</s>
