Tina Brown and Barry Diller’s answer to The Huffington Post and other news aggregators like Drudge — The Daily Beast — makes for slow loading on my iPhone so I’m looking at it on my MacBook. Very magazine slick; lots of luxe looking graphics with an older audience appeal. The Beast hits you right between the eyes on the home page with a dizzying array of story and blog choices, along with a rotating main story billboard to keep things moving. According to Wired, the site plans to remain ad-free for the near future. Will The Daily Beast roar with eyeball traffic? Stay tuned…
