The Icelandic website http://www.drasl.is/ is another charter member of the World Humor Exchange

HoosierGazette.com becomes part of World Humor Exchange

            By Josh Whicker, Editor

HoosierGazette.com is proud to announce that it has become a partner with Steinarsson Media International (SMI) as part of their World Humor Exchange.

The World Humor Exchange is a site currently being developed by SMI as a site that will be a clearinghouse for humorous stories from around the globe.  The site, which will be up and running August 1, will be include provide a language translator so stories submitted by members in their native languages can be read by nearly anyone.

SMI’s president, Kristján Steinarsson says the goal of the site is to promote understanding between cultures.  “If the world can laugh together, than perhaps we can learn to understand and respect the difference between our cultures.” 

SMI is based in Iceland and has a minority stake in several media companies, including the newspapers Morgunbladid (Iceland), Copenhagen Post (Denmark), The Sun (United Kingdom), and Sermitsiaq (Greenland).

SMI is also a growing player in the humor market, owning http://www.drasl.is/, a site very popular in Western Europe that features links to video, pictures, and stories from various parts of the globe.  Humor.is has featured several stories from HoosierGazette.com in recent weeks and is gaining popularity in the United States. 

When asked why HoosierGazette.com was picked as the charter member of the World Humor Exchange from the United States, Steinarsson explained, “We wanted to find a new, fresh site that is up and coming for this grassroots project.  After interviewing webmasters from several American sites, we were most impressed with the Hoosier Gazette staff and their brand of humor.”

Other sites SMI is including in the World Humor Exchange are Russia’s FARK.ru (unaffiliated with FARK.com), Brazil’s Uêba, and The Netherlands’ Flabber.

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