Heat Street
 The logo of Heat Street | |
Type of site | News and opinion |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Dow Jones & Company |
| Key people | Noah Kotch |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional, required to comment |
| Launched | April 20, 2016[1] |
| Current status | Merged into MarketWatch |
Heat Street was a news, opinion and commentary website based in the
The website has been described as center-right and libertarian.[6]
Organization overview
Founding
Mensch had first been exploring the idea of creating a blog under
The website was announced in February 2016. It launched officially on April 20, 2016,[2] headed by British journalist Louise Mensch and television executive Noah Kotch.[9]
Miles Goslett was hired as the site's UK editor in January 2016, prior to the site's launch.[7][8] By Heat Street's seventh month of publication, it reported 8 million unique users to the site.[7][10]
Mensch left Heat Street in mid-December 2016 and launched her own political blog, Patribotics, in January 2017, stating that she prefers the free hand self-publishing provides.[11][12][13][14]
Content
The site, which was housed under News Corp.'s
In 2016, Mensch said Heat Street was defined less by politics than by "culture wars". The site has run articles sympathetic to
In December 2016, Mensch and the James Madison Project filed suit against five intelligence and law enforcement agencies including the U.S. Department of Justice's
References
- ^ "Digital media website Heat Street launches". 20 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to Launch Website Heat Street". 17 February 2016.
- ^ Niedzwiadek, Nick (16 February 2016). "News Corp to Launch Center-Right Digital Media Site" – via Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Grove, Lloyd (2016-05-03). "The Woman Running Rupert Murdoch's 'Gawker' for the Right". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
- ^ Rupert Murdoch is closing 'punky libertarian' website Heat Street after little more than a year. Business Insider, 30 June 2017
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (17 February 2016). "Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Sets Up Conservative Website Heat Street".
- ^ a b c d Kanter, Jake. "Heat Street's Louise Mensch tells us how she persuaded News Corp to back a news site with 'no safe spaces'". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
- ^ a b c d Sutton, Kelsey (May 31, 2016). "Heat Street charts a course through the culture wars". Politico. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ Gray, Rosie; Waterson, Jim. "Louise Mensch To Launch "Heat Street" For Murdoch's News Corp". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ^ Gold, Hadas (January 5, 2017). "Louise Mensch no longer leading News Corp.'s Heat Street". Politico. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ Borger, Julian (February 17, 2017). "Louise Mensch: the former British MP who scooped US media on Trump's Russian ties". The Guardian. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ^ Gold, Hadas (January 5, 2017). "Louise Mensch no longer leading News Corp.'s Heat Street". Politico. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Waldman, Katy (May 24, 2017). "The Rise of the Liberal Conspiracy Theorist". Slate. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Beauchamp, Zack (May 19, 2017). "Democrats are falling for fake news about Russia". Vox. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Harper, Jennifer (May 12, 2016). "Inside the Beltway: Just launched right-leaning news site Heat Street vows to 'mock the mainstream'". The Washington Times. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ Williams, Katie Bo (30 December 2016). "Second FOIA lawsuit targets details on election interference". The Hill. Retrieved 5 March 2017.