Not to be confused with The Daily Beast. The Beast was a Buffalo, New York alternative biweekly newspaper from 2002 until 2009 and then published exclusively online until about 2013. The Beast was founded by Matt Taibbi, Kevin McElwee and Paul Fallon in 2002. The format was originally a free biweekly newspaper, but changed in 2007 when it began to charge for issues as a national monthly publication that also offered international subscriptions. In late 2009, The Beast stopped producing print editions, but now maintained an online presence with the tagline "The World's Only Website." The Beast's longest-serving editor was Allan Uthman.