Naked News, billing itself as "the program with nothing to hide", is a subscription website featuring a real television newscast prepared in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The male and female anchors read the news fully nude or strip as they present their news segments. Naked News TV is its offshoot pay-per-view or subscription service. Regardless of the gender of the anchor, most viewers are men. The subscription business model is a business model that has long been used by magazines and record clubs, but the application of this model is spreading. ... A Web site (or colloquially, Website) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP... A newscast typically consists of the coverage of various news events and other information, either produced locally by a radio or television station, or by a broadcast network. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area Ranked 4th... A news anchor (US,Can. ... The word nude may refer to: The state of nudity. ... For other uses, see Striptease (disambiguation). ... Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ...

History

Naked News was conceived by Fernando Pereira and Kirby Stasyna and debuted in 2000 as a web-based news service featuring an all-female cast. It began with only one anchor, Victoria Sinclair, who is still with the program which has currently grown to 10 female anchors, plus guest anchors. The website was popularized entirely by word of mouth, and quickly became an internet meme. During the height of its popularity, the website was receiving over 6 million hits per month. Part of the large amounts of web traffic in the site's early days was because the entire newscast could be viewed for free and supported by advertising. By 2002, after the crash of Internet advertising, only one news segment could be viewed freely, and by 2004, no free content remained on the website. Currently a nudity-free version of Naked News is available to non-subscribers. Victoria Sinclair (born April 4, 1966) reporting on Africa debt relief in 2005. ... In 1976, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins coined the term meme to describe cultural information that is passed from one mind to another, such as songs, catch phrases, or clothes fashions. ...

A male version of the show was created in 2001 to parallel the female version. It does not however enjoy the same popularity and fame, and there are currently more female than male anchors. Although it was originally targeted towards female viewers (at one point said to be 30% of the website's audience), the male show now openly promotes itself as news from a gay perspective.

Cast

Most of the show's announcers have been recruited through classified ads in alternative newspapers in Toronto. As such, most of the show's crew comes from the Toronto area. The show features occasional on-the-street interviews by topless newscasters, which are made possible by Ontario's Topfree equality laws. Since the show's inception in 2000, there has been much turnover among the newscasters, and many guest anchors. The female announcers have been featured in almost every medium including television (CBS Sunday Morning, The Today Show, The View, Sally Jessy Raphaël, and numerous appearances on Entertainment Tonight and ET Insider) newspapers and magazines, (TV Guide, Playboy) and as guests on multiple radio shows including Howard Stern. Classified advertising is a form of advertising which is particulalry common in newspapers and other periodicals. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area Ranked 4th... A mixed group of people demonstrating the kind of equality that this movement seeks. ... Sunday Mornings Sun logo for Sunday news Charles Kuralt, Host from 1979-1994 CBS Sunday Morning is an early morning news program CBS airs from 9:00-10:30 AM EST on Sunday mornings. ... Today, commonly referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... This article is about the American television talk show. ... Sally Jessy Raphaël (born Sally Lowenthal on February 25, 1935 in Easton, Pennsylvania) is an American tabloid talk show host. ... Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is syndicated by CBS Paramount Domestic Television throughout the United States, Canada, on the Nine Network in Australia and on UBC Inside in Thailand. ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ... The first issue of Playboy. ... For the former personal attorney and partner of Anna Nicole Smith, see Howard K. Stern. ...

The current female anchors are:

• Christine Kerr
• Yukiko Kimura
• Michelle Pantoliano - Former radio & TV broadcaster from New York City.
• Alex Pantos
• Sandrine Renard
• Victoria Sinclair - The first NN reporter, she originally performed solo before additional news anchors were added. Sinclair left the show in Sept. 2001, and returned in Nov. 2002
• Erica Stevens
• April Torres
• Roxanne West
• Lily Kwan

Past female anchors are: Christine Kerr reporting on the Colorado Rockies in 2005. ... Yukiko Kimura is a newscaster on Naked News. ... Michelle Pantoliano reporting on Billy Corgans solo album release in 2005. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1625 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - City  468. ... Alex Pantos is a newscaster at Naked News. ... Sandrine Renard demonstrating the use of a wobble board in 2005. ... Victoria Sinclair (born April 4, 1966) reporting on Africa debt relief in 2005. ... ihkukugiugiug This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... ... Roxanne West reporting on dangerous animal rights groups in the USA in 2005. ... Lily Kwan reporting from Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, London in 2005. ...

• Gia Gomez
• Athena King - a.k.a. "Athena the Greek".
• Ashley Jenning
• Samantha Page
• Cameron Shore
• Whitney Saint-John
• Lisa Benton
• Diane Foster
• Brooke Roberts
• Holly Weston - She continued on the show throughout her pregnancy.
• Carmen Russo - At age 42, she was the oldest cast member. She is unrelated to the Italian model of the same name.
• Devon Calwell - At age 19, she was the youngest cast member.
• Erin Sherwood
• Allyson Jones
• Gretchen Frazier
• Kaye Grant
• Kelli Graham
• Sarah Winters

The current male anchors are: Hazel Lorraine aka Gia Gomez on Naked News in 2005. ... Athena King doing a sport commentary in 2005. ... Ashley Jenning cooking Pad Tai in 2005. ... Samantha Page explaining strange laws in 2005. ... Cameron Shore reporting on Shaquille ONeal in 2005. ... Whitney St-John was a newscaster on Naked News. ... Carmen Russo is an Italian Dancer who was famous for her breasts in the 80s. ...

• Matt Waterman
• Dale Danforth
• Jeremy Chase
• Billy Prescott
• Enza Supermodel
• Pedro Cavallo
• Lucas Tyler - The first male anchor of the show, now also producer and director, said to bear a strong resemblance to NBC newsman Matt Lauer.

Past male anchors are: Enza Supermodel Anderson is a Canadian transsexual and drag queen who has become famous in Canada for her quixotic political campaigns, which are usually based around the slogan 100% Great Legs. ... Lucas Tyler is a Canadian model best known for his work on the program Naked News. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Matthew Todd Lauer (December 30, 1957) is an American television personality. ...

• Jack Lange
• Joshua Holt - Recently announced he was gay in the pages of The Advocate magazine.
• Cole McQuade
• Warren Michaels
• Robert Milan
• Raoul Santos
• Johnny Saputo
• Derek Shaw
• Brock Stern
• Brendan Tanner
• Malcolm Matisse

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• Greg Preece
• Steven Shehori - Also a director

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Imitators

The initial success of the show's concept spawned several imitators, mostly on the websites, but also including "The Daily Flash", a news program on Playboy TV. Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ...

Among the imitators on the internet:

• Comédie! - In 2001, this French cable TV network ran a series promos featuring males and females casually undressing as they read jokes. In 2006, they copied the NN format in its entirety in a striptease newscast called Les Nuz.
• Radio Tango - Oslo, Norway radio station once featured stripping female weather readers on their website.
• Počasíčko - A 2002 featurette on Czech television network Nova TV where a nude woman (or occasionally, a man) gets dressed in clothing appropriate for that day's weather forecast.

A comedic "precursor" to this concept occurred in an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, in which Terry Jones began performing a striptease while giving a fast-paced rundown of economic news. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2006. ... This article discusses the series itself. ... Terence Graham Parry Jones (born in Colwyn Bay, Wales, on February 1, 1942) is a British comedian, screenwriter and actor, film director, childrens author, popular historian, political commentator and TV documentary host. ...

A very similar phenomenon (going by the name "Noodie News") appears in Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, a work of fiction.naked news is an excellent show!! Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. ... Oryx and Crake is a novel with dystopian elements by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. ...

See also

Golaya Pravda. Golaya Pravda (russian for the Naked Truth) was a television program hosted by Svetlana Pesotskaya on Moscows M1 TV in 2000. ...

External links

• Naked News website Contains adult content
• Naked News Male Edition Contains adult content
• Naked News at Internet Movie Database