Newsmax
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Newsmax Media, Inc. (or Newsmax.com, previously styled NewsMax) is an American cable news, political opinion commentary, and digital media company founded by Christopher Ruddy in 1998. It has been variously described as conservative,[10] right-wing,[18] and far-right.[35] Newsmax Media divisions include its cable and broadcast channel Newsmax TV; its website Newsmax.com, which includes Newsmax Health and Newsmax Finance; and Newsmax magazine, its monthly print publication.
Type of site | News and opinion |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Newsmax Media |
Created by | Christopher Ruddy |
Editor | Christopher Ruddy |
Key people | Christopher Ruddy (CEO) David J. Perel (Director) Kenneth Chandler (Editor) |
URL | www |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional, but is required to comment |
Launched | September 16, 1998; 25 years ago (1998-09-16) |
Current status | Active |
Newsmax launched a cable TV channel on June 16, 2014, to 35 million satellite subscribers through DirecTV and Dish Network.[36] As of May 2019, the network reaches about 75 million cable homes and has wide digital media player/mobile device availability.[37] The channel primarily broadcasts from Newsmax's New York studio on Manhattan's East Side, with two headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida and Washington, D.C.[38][39][40] Newsmax began broadcasting in the UK in October 2023, via Freeview Connect.[41]
The website has been described by The New York Times as a "potent force in conservative politics."[42] CEO Christopher Ruddy has attempted to position the network as a competitor to Fox News, including by hiring former Fox News hosts Rob Schmitt, Greg Kelly, Bob Sellers and Heather Childers.[43][44] The Washington Post described Newsmax as "a landing spot for cable news personalities in need of a new home," citing the network's airing of Mark Halperin and Bill O'Reilly following their resignations from other networks due to sexual harassment allegations.[45]
After the 2020 United States presidential election, Newsmax published numerous conspiracy theories made by President Donald Trump and the Trump campaign about voter fraud in the 2020 election, though the network never confirmed the veracity of the statements and accepted the election of Joe Biden as duly elected president.[46][47][48] Newsmax later issued an apology and publicly retracted any voter fraud conspiracy allegations.[49] When asked about Newsmax's support of former President Trump, Ruddy stated, "We have an editorial policy of being supportive of the president and his policies".[50]
In 2021, Newsmax was sued by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic for promoting false claims that the companies had engaged in election fraud during the 2020 presidential election.[51][52] DirecTV dropped Newsmax from its lineup in January 2023, after the companies failed to agree on contract terms.[53][54] In response, forty-two House Republicans signed a letter to DirecTV executives attacking the removal as an act of "suppressing politically disfavored speech."[55] The two companies were able to resolve the dispute and DirecTV resumed broadcasting Newsmax on March 23, 2023.[56][57]