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The Daily Caller

U.S. right / conservative

Owned byPrivately held by Daily Caller Inc., controlled by co-founder Neil Patel. Tucker Carlson, the other co-founder, sold his stake in 2019. Investor Foster Friess held a minority stake until his death in 2021. The Daily Caller News Foundation is a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works with the outlet under a licensing agreement.
FundingThe outlet is funded mainly by advertising, sponsored and partnership content, and its other media ventures. It was launched in 2010 with about $3 million from Foster Friess. The affiliated Daily Caller News Foundation is funded by donations. Between 2012 and 2019 it received about $3.7 million from the Koch family foundations, the Bradley Foundation, DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund.
On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

The Daily Caller was founded in 2010 by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel, a former adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney. Foster Friess, a conservative investor, provided about $3 million in seed funding. It positioned itself as a conservative alternative to outlets such as Politico and the Huffington Post, and it mixes political news, opinion and investigations. Carlson sold his stake in 2019, leaving Patel as the controlling owner. Friess remained a partial owner until his death in 2021. The Daily Caller News Foundation, a separate nonprofit launched in 2012, supplies reporting to the outlet and to other publishers. It has received money from conservative and libertarian-leaning foundations, and critics say this blurs the line between news and advocacy. The outlet has drawn criticism over some reporting and opinion content, including on climate science, and media-bias raters generally place it on the right. It also has a fact-checking arm, Check Your Fact, which is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's code of principles. In the Trump administration's second term, its coverage generally favors the president's policies and criticizes his press critics. For example, it ran a piece on the 'legacy media' response to a White House press restriction. It has also run administration-sourced exclusives and reported on infighting among Trump allies.

Sources

  1. The Daily Caller (Wikipedia)
  2. Daily Caller - Bias and Credibility (Media Bias/Fact Check)
  3. The Daily Caller (DeSmog)
  4. Neil Patel (political advisor) (Wikipedia)
  5. Who Owns The Daily Caller and Who Runs It Today? (LegalClarity)
  6. Legacy Media Circles Wagons Against Trump Press Ban (Daily Caller)
  7. Inside The Cat Fights Crippling Trump's Inner Circle (Daily Caller)

Profile compiled 2026-10-20; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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