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AlterNet  

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  • AlterNet is a progressive online alternative news source that not only serves as a source of original content but also aggregates other alternative media online. It is a creation of the nonprofit Independent Media Institute (IMI), originally founded in 1983 as the nonprofit group Institute for Alternative Journalism (IAJ). [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media; AlterNet (United States)]

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