ZNet, of Z Communications, founded in 1995, is a large website updated many times daily to "convey information and provide community", generally focusing on politics from a left-wing perspective. Over a quarter of a million people a week use ZNet. ZNet had diverse watch areas and sub-sites, translations, archives, links to other progressive sites, and a daily commentary program.
ZNet, by contrast, was developed and run day-to-day by a tiny group of people.
And ZNet is so big now that we need a tech community: ZNet now covers too much of the world and too many different, complex political issues to work any longer with just a handful of writers.
ZNet was an outrgrowth of Z Magazine, and was founded by Michael Albert, who moved from a staff member on Z Magazine to doing ZNet full time.