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FreightWaves

U.S. business/trade press (freight and logistics industry; no consistent partisan lean)

Owned byPrivately held. Founder and CEO Craig Fuller controls it, alongside investors. Fuller also runs the sister B2B media company Firecrown. In 2026 Fuller and his father Max Fuller bought the Chattanooga Times Free Press from WEHCO Media, which is a separate venture.
FundingMainly advertising and sponsorships, paid events, and subscription data and analytics products such as SONAR. It has also raised about $75 million in venture and private investment, according to fundraising profiles.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

FreightWaves was founded in 2016 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by Craig Fuller, whose family has deep roots in trucking through U.S. Xpress. Fuller had earlier founded TransCard, a fleet payment processor that was sold to US Bank, and Xpress Direct, an on-demand trucking business. The company began as a news site and grew into a platform with market data, analytics (including the SONAR freight-market data product), podcasts, video and live events. It has raised roughly $75 million in outside funding, according to fundraising profiles. It has also expanded through related ventures, including the sister media company Firecrown. Fuller's 2026 purchase of the Chattanooga Times Free Press is a separate venture. Its political coverage is limited and tied to freight, and it reports on tariffs, trade, immigration and driver rules, and regulation. Examples include coverage of the Supreme Court's February 2026 ruling limiting IEEPA tariffs, new tariff rounds, and Trump's visit to a Peterbilt plant to promote truck tariffs. The coverage is generally news-driven and market-focused, though the outlet is also an industry advocate and commentator on freight-sector issues. Its perspective reflects a business and industry viewpoint rather than a partisan one.

Sources

  1. About - Who is FreightWaves?
  2. Craig Fuller: FreightWaves Founder, $75M Raised
  3. FreightWaves and Firecrown CEO acquires local city newspaper - SIIA
  4. Supreme Court curbs Trump's tariff powers, reshaping 2026 trade outlook - FreightWaves
  5. Trump touts truck tariffs at Peterbilt plant in Texas - FreightWaves
  6. Tariffs Archives - FreightWaves

Profile compiled 2026-10-28; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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