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The Daily Wire

U.S. right

Owned byBentkey Ventures, LLC (formerly Forward Publishing, LLC), majority-owned by co-founders Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing; seed funding provided by Texas oil billionaire Farris Wilks
FundingPrimarily paid subscriptions (DailyWire+ streaming platform, roughly 75% of revenue); digital advertising and podcast sponsorships (~20–25%); merchandise and e-commerce. Subscriptions dropped by about a third in 2025 to roughly 850,000; as of mid-2026 the company was seeking at least $100 million in outside investment and targeting an IPO.
On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

The Daily Wire was launched in September 2015 by political commentator Ben Shapiro, filmmaker Jeremy Boreing, and Caleb Robinson, with initial seed funding of $4.7 million from Farris Wilks, a Texas billionaire from the petroleum industry. It grew rapidly through social media, YouTube, and Shapiro's daily podcast, becoming one of the most-shared conservative news sites in the United States. The company expanded its brand with DailyWire+, a subscription streaming platform offering original video and podcast content. Fact-checkers and academic researchers have repeatedly found that The Daily Wire publishes unverified claims, misrepresents facts to advance a partisan viewpoint, and has promoted climate change denial and what researchers called 'junk health news' during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2024, the outlet parted ways with host Candace Owens following months of internal conflict over the Israel-Gaza war and Owens' posts that were widely condemned as antisemitic. Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing stepped down in March 2025 to focus on creative projects; CEO Caleb Robinson resigned in May 2025 and was replaced by Mike Richards. In May 2026 the company laid off roughly 13% of its staff, and by June 2026 it was in talks to raise at least $100 million from outside investors, with bankers floating a potential $2 billion IPO valuation—a sign of significant financial pressure after subscriber counts and ad revenue both declined sharply.

Sources

  1. The Daily Wire – Wikipedia
  2. Exclusive: Daily Wire, under pressure, seeks strategic investors, targets IPO – Semafor
  3. Ben Shapiro solicits backers — or buyers — for a built-out Daily Wire – Semafor
  4. How right-wing podcaster Ben Shapiro is disagreeing with Trump – Media Matters for America
  5. The Daily Wire eyes growth investment in 2025 – Axios
  6. Candace Owens parts ways with The Daily Wire – NBC News
  7. Jeremy Boreing Gives First Interview Since The Daily Wire Exit – Deadline

Profile compiled 2026-07-01; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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