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  In June 2017, "HuffPost" senior political editor Sam Stein announced he was joining "The Daily Beast" in the same capacity.In early June 2014, Capital New York re-published a memo by outgoing CEO Rhona Murphy, stating that "The Daily Beast"s average unique monthly visitors increased from 13.5 million in 2013 to more than 17 million in 2014.By September 2014, the website reached a new record of 21 million unique visitors; it was a 60% year-over-year increase in readers, accompanied by a 300% increase in the overall size of its social media community.