Townhall

Townhall
The logo of Townhall
Type of site
 News and opinion website, magazine, radio news service
Available in English
Owner Salem Media Group
Editor Jonathan Garthwaite
Website townhall.com
Commercial Yes
Registration Optional, required to comment
Launched March 2, 1995 (1995-03-02)[1]
Current status Online

Townhall is an American politically conservative website, print magazine and radio news service. Previously published by the Heritage Foundation, it is now owned and operated by Salem Communications. The website features more than 80 columns (both syndicated and exclusive) by a variety of writers and commentators, who often appear as guest commentators on the Fox News Channel. The website also publishes news articles from the Associated Press.

Townhall also provides five minute radio newscasts around the clock, detailing national and world news items.[2] These newscasts air at the beginning of each hour on many Salem-owned radio stations and on Salem Radio Network affiliates, as well as on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125.

History

Townhall.com was founded in 1995 as one of the first conservative internet communities. In 2005, Townhall.com split off from The Heritage Foundation.

In May 2006, Salem Communications acquired Townhall.com and relaunched the site with the addition of podcasts of Salem's network and local talk shows, blogs run by Salem talk show hosts and the ability for any user to set up a blog on the Townhall.com network.[3][4] The website provides an extensive selection of opinion columns and news items presented from a conservative viewpoint.[5]

In January 2008, TownHall.com launched Townhall Magazine, a monthly conservative news magazine. In addition to exclusive content for the magazine, Townhall Magazine carries contributions from Townhall.com readers.[6]

In February 2011, TownHall.com re-launched TownhallFinance.com, a daily financial and investment site dedicated to conservative financial commentary, under the editorship of John Ransom, who also writes a daily column on Washington and Wall Street. In 2018, Jerry Bowyer became editor of the site. Additionally the site carried financial commentary from CNBC's Larry Kudlow until Kudlow went on leave to become head of the President's Council of Economic Advisors. It currently carries Fox Business Network analyst Charles Payne, former editor, John Ransom and Cato Institute economist Daniel J. Mitchell.

References

  1. ↑ "TownHall.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ↑ "Breaking News – Latest World, US, Science, Entertainment, Election, Technology News and Current Events". Townhall. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  3. ↑ "Salem Communications to Acquire Townhall.com; Salem Expands News Talk Radio Platform into New Media with Addition of Leading Conservative Opinion Website.", The Free Library, 2014. Retrieved on 04 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Andrew Romano, "The Right: The Next Big Thing?", Newsweek, July 2, 2006.
  5. ↑ Stephen Koff, "Republican presidential candidates talk to these conservative media outlets. Here's why." The Plain Dealer, June 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ Townhall Magazine, "premier issue", January 2008.
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