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Nerve.com
Nerve, or Nerve.com, was an American online magazine dedicated to sexual topics, relationships and culture. Founded by Rufus Griscom and Genevieve Field, Nerve published articles and photography on its website and several books, in partnership with Chronicle Books, Plume, and Three Rivers Press. It also hosted blogs (one of the first sites to do so without fees), forums and a section for personal advertisements. Although they originated on Nerve, Nerve Personals eventually became part of a larger network of over 100 websites and print publications. In 1999, Nerve was nominated for the Webby Award for "Print and Zines" while under the editorship of Jack Murnighan. In 2005, under editor-in-chief Michael Martin, Nerve was nominated for the National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online. The other nominees were The Atlantic, BusinessWeek, Consumer Reports and Style.com. Of the nomination, AdAge said Nerve was "the only original online publication in the bunch ... The judges' write-up called Nerve 'brainy and brash' with a 'youthful spin on sexuality [and] style' ...…
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Nerve, or Nerve.com, was an American online magazine dedicated to sexual topics, relationships and culture. Founded by Rufus Griscom and Genevieve Field, Nerve published articles and photography on its website and several books, in partnership with Chronicle Books, Plume, and Three Rivers Press. It also hosted blogs (one of the first sites to do so without fees), forums and a section for personal advertisements. Although they originated on Nerve, Nerve Personals eventually became part of a larger network of over 100 websites and print publications. In 1999, Nerve was nominated for the Webby Award for "Print and Zines" while under the editorship of Jack Murnighan. In 2005, under editor-in-chief Michael Martin, Nerve was nominated for the National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online. The other nominees were The Atlantic, BusinessWeek, Consumer Reports and Style.com. Of the nomination, AdAge said Nerve was "the only original online publication in the bunch ... The judges' write-up called Nerve 'brainy and brash' with a 'youthful spin on sexuality [and] style' ...…
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- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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