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The Blaze (Opinion)

U.S. right (conservative-populist)

Owned byBlaze Media, majority-owned by Glenn Beck through his company Mercury Radio Arts; the DeVos family (Michigan Republican donors) took a private investment stake in 2023
FundingPrimarily subscription-based (BlazeTV streaming service), supplemented by digital advertising and private investor capital
On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

Glenn Beck launched TheBlaze as a conservative news website in August 2010, shortly after leaving Fox News. It quickly grew into a cable TV channel and online streaming service aimed at right-leaning audiences who felt underserved by mainstream outlets. The TV channel struggled with high costs and limited distribution, and Beck ended linear television operations in 2019. In December 2018, TheBlaze merged with CRTV (Conservative Review TV)—a streaming platform associated with commentator Mark Levin—to form Blaze Media; Beck retained majority control. The combined company pivoted to a subscription-first model, reducing reliance on advertising by building a paying audience through BlazeTV. In 2023, Blaze Media secured a new private-equity funding round that included investment from the DeVos family, prominent Republican donors from Michigan. Media Bias/Fact Check rates the outlet as strongly right-biased and flags it for a history of promoting conspiracy theories and failing independent fact checks; AllSides rates it 'Right.' The editorial voice blends populist conservatism with libertarian themes, and the outlet has sometimes criticized Republican leaders—including Trump—from the right when it believes they have not followed through on promises such as immigration enforcement or spending cuts.

Sources

  1. Blaze Media – Wikipedia
  2. Blaze Media – AllSides Media Bias Rating
  3. The Blaze – Bias and Credibility (Media Bias/Fact Check)
  4. Glenn Beck & DeVos Make a Deal (Puck News)
  5. The Blaze Secures New Round of Investor Funding (Barrett Media)
  6. Glenn Beck's The Blaze and Mark Levin's CRTV merge to form Blaze Media (CNBC)
  7. Blaze Media has a new model for news (Deseret News)
  8. Trump's mass-deportation promise needs receipts (The Blaze)

Profile compiled 2026-07-23; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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