Newsarama began in mid-1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic book message boards by fan Mike Doran.

"[2] In January 1997, Doran began to post a version of the column titled The Comics Newswire on Usenet's various rec.arts.comics communities.

When a promised raise fell through, those who contributed to Blog@Newsarama quit en masse in November 2008.

[14] Newsarama has been quoted as a source of comic news by the mainstream media, including The New York Times.

[29][30] Regular columns have included "Animated Shorts" by Steve Fritz,[31] "Write or Wrong" by Dirk Manning,[32] "Agent of S.T.Y.L.E."

by Alan Kistler,[33] covering the evolution of costumes and designs for different comic book characters, and "Best Shots" by reviewers from ShotgunReviews.com.

"[36] Newsarama has also run a series of "Post Game" columns offering coverage and commentary of popular genre-related television programs on a regular basis.

Covered shows include Lost, Smallville, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Fringe, Flash Forward, and others.

The study praised the site for the depth of coverage provided in some articles, but criticized its reliance on press releases and the "softness" of the questions asked in its interviews.

[37] At WonderCon 2008, Bill Willingham revealed information about his Fables comic book series that he asked journalists not to report on.

Graeme McMillan, representing Newsarama, agreed to leave the information out of his transcript, leading fans to criticize the website's reporting.