World's 'No. 1 website' goes for-profit

Beginning today, WorldNetDaily.com, voted the most popular website on the Internet the last 23 weeks, is officially a for-profit corporation, completing its transition from being an operation of the non-profit Western Journalism Center, announced Chief Executive Officer and Editor Joseph Farah.

The new company, WorldNetDaily.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Western Journalism Center, launches the independent operation today with an editorial staff of 12, and plans for major expansion as a news agency and information provider.

While Western Journalism Center remains headquartered in Fair Oaks, Calif., WorldNetDaily.com's new headquarters is in Selma, Oregon, with plans for future offices in the Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.

"We believe WorldNetDaily.com could only truly reach its potential as one of the leading news providers on the Internet and in other media through this process," explained Farah, the founder of both Western Journalism Center and WorldNetDaily.com. "That could not happen while WND was operating as part of a non-profit entity and in the tax-exempt, charitable realm."

Farah previously served as editor-in-chief of the Sacramento Union, the oldest daily in the West, as executive editor of daily and weekly newspapers in Southern California and as executive news editor of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. He is an author, daily columnist and the recipient of awards for reporting, journalistic integrity, headline writing and newspaper design.

Also leading the new corporation is Chief Operating Officer Pete Dingeldey, a Harvard MBA with over 30 years of management and administrative experience. He is a retired Naval Reserve Supply Corps captain and has consulted to numerous commercial and government agencies.

Chief Technology Officer Bob Evans was the founder of Autotalk Inc., International Teletext Communications Inc., MediaCity World Inc. and has been responsible for wiring entire countries to the Internet. He remains chief technology officer for the ISP Channel in the Silicon Valley.

The most immediate and visible change on the website resulting from this corporate reorganization is a new WorldNetDaily.com storefront. You can still make tax-deductible contributions to the Western Journalism Center at the old storefront.

"There will be many other exciting innovations coming to readers of WorldNetDaily.com in the weeks and months ahead," said Farah. "We'll have some important announcements and new features very soon."

WorldNetDaily.com has been voted the "most popular website on the Internet" for the last 23 straight weeks on WorldCharts.com, an independent, weekly Internet survey.