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The Blaze

U.S. right

Owned byBlaze Media, LLC, controlled by founder Glenn Beck through his holding company Mercury Radio Arts; the DeVos family holds a reported minority (~11%) passive investment stake
FundingSubscriber revenue — the outlet dropped third-party display advertising in 2023 and moved to a paywalled/subscription model (TheBlaze.com membership plus BlazeTV+ streaming), supplemented by earlier venture-style investment rounds including from the DeVos family
On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

Glenn Beck launched the outlet in 2011 as Glenn Beck TV shortly after leaving Fox News, renaming it TheBlaze in 2012 after his existing news website. It grew into a cable network, radio operation, and digital publisher before merging in 2018 with Mark Levin's CRTV to form Blaze Media, reaching what the company described as a combined conservative-media audience of over 100 million. The linear cable channel was shut down in 2019 as the company shifted toward streaming and digital content. Blaze Media has drawn funding from outside investors, most notably the DeVos family, who hold a minority, non-controlling stake. In 2023 the company eliminated programmatic advertising on its website and went fully subscription-based, citing a desire to avoid what it called Big Tech's politicized ad practices. Independent monitors such as Media Bias/Fact Check, Ad Fontes Media, and AllSides all rate it as strongly right-leaning, with Media Bias/Fact Check also flagging a history of failed fact-checks and promotion of conspiracy theories. The outlet mixes straight news with heavy opinion content from hosts like Beck and Levin, and it maintains a consistently pro-conservative, anti-establishment editorial identity.

Sources

  1. Blaze Media - Wikipedia
  2. Glenn Beck, Mark Levin Create Conservative Media Powerhouse: Exclusive - Hollywood Reporter
  3. Glenn Beck's The Blaze to End on Linear TV (Exclusive) - Hollywood Reporter
  4. The Blaze Secures New Round of Investor Funding - Barrett Media
  5. Blaze Media announces subscription-only business model - Advanced Television
  6. The Blaze - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
  7. The Blaze Bias and Reliability - Ad Fontes Media
  8. TheBlaze.com Media Bias - AllSides

Profile compiled 2026-10-02; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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