Markos Moulitsas

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Markos Moulitsas

Founder of Daily Kos, publisher

Markos Moulitsas is the founder and proprietor of Daily Kos—a weblog focusing on progressive, liberal, and Democratic Party politics. In its first year, Daily Kos attracted over 1.6 million unique visits and about 3 million pageviews. It is now a part of Vox Media.

Moulitsas was named the single most successful entrepreneur of the progressive movement by NY Times magazine writer and author Matt Bai. Moulitsas is also co-author of the critically acclaimed book Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics, and author of Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era. He is a contributing columnist to Newsweek Magazine and a weekly columnist at The Hill newspaper. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the world by People en Español, clocked in at third in Forbe's Web Celeb 25 rankings, and was listed 26th in PC World's list of the Most Important People on the Web.

Moulitsas spoke at The Common Good as part of the 2008 Democratic National Convention Panel.

Twitter: @markos