50 Best Websites 2010

It's not just the caliber of writers flocking to Tina Brown's the Daily Beast that is making the site a must-read for any serious news consumer. It's also the willingness of the Beast's editors to slash and sift the day's top headlines so you can quickly digest the most essential elements. As a news site, it's something of a triple threat: a trendsetter, an insightful and analytical clearinghouse of events and ideas, and thanks to the thorough and easy-to-scan Cheat Sheet, quite the time saver.

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