The Beast is a Buffalo, New York left-libertarian biweekly newspaper founded by Matt Taibbi and Kevin McElwee in 2002. The Beast is available in print and online. The current Editor-in-Chief is Allan Uthman.

Although Taibbi later left due to economic difficulties, The Beast retains considerable similarity to his former employer the eXile, such as its Fax-to-Sic section (in which readers' letters are ridiculed), deliberately provocative humor, and satirical cover pages. Other features have ranged form local nightlife coverage to political analysis to The 50 most loathsome people of 2004.

The newspaper rose to national prominence in 2005 after actor Tom Cruise threatened a lawsuit of The Beast in response to the 2004 Most Loathsome People list and the story broke on national entertainment news programs. Seeing the opportunity for free advertising (and knowing that Cruise had no case), The Beast actively encouraged the lawsuit. ^* Cruise did not file the suit and the controversy died down after several months.

Contributors

• Matt Taibbi
• Alexander Zaitchik
• Russ Wellen
• Stan Goff
• William Rivers Pitt
• Andrew Gullerstien
• Ronnie Roscoe
• Kit Smith
• Michael Gildea
• Ian Murphy
• Paul Salamone

See also

• Matt Taibbi
• Buffalo, New York
• The eXile

External links

• Website of the Beast
• Blog of the Beast

Biweekly newspapers | Buffalo, New York | Newspapers of New York | Alternative weekly newspapers