LifeZette
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Type of site | News and opinion |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | October 2014 |
| Headquarters | 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20007[1] United States, United States |
| Owner | Katz Group of Companies and Laura Ingraham |
| Founder(s) | Laura Ingraham Peter Anthony |
| Key people | Laura Ingraham (Editor-in-chief) |
| URL | LifeZette.com |
| Advertising | Native |
| Registration | Optional, but is required to comment |
| Launched | July 2015 |
| Current status | Online |
| This article is part of a series on |
| Conservatism in the United States |
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LifeZette is a conservative American website founded in 2015 by conservative political commentator Laura Ingraham and businessman Peter Anthony.[2] In January 2018, Ingraham confirmed that she had sold the majority stake in LifeZette to The Katz Group, owned by Canadian billionaire Daryl Katz.[3]
LifeZette is based in
History
Peter Anthony registered LifeZette.com in October 2014. He developed the site with Ingraham and they launched LifeZette in July 2015.[8]
The site first hired outgoing
LifeZette was the first organization called on by Sean Spicer during the initial White House press conference in January 2017.[2] Later, Ingraham was announced as the host of Fox News weeknight program The Ingraham Angle.[10]
In January 2019, LifeZette laid off six staffers.[11]
Promotion of conspiracy theories
Two weeks before the 2016 presidential election, the website posted a video about voting machines possibly being compromised because of links to a company tied to liberal billionaire George Soros.[12]
LifeZette also published a video titled "Clinton Body Count", which promoted conspiracy theories regarding Bill and Hillary Clinton.[13] LifeZette removed the video and later released a statement saying that "[t]he video was made in jest, and merely noted that the theories existed," comparing them to viral videos made by "left-leaning digital outlets like BuzzFeed."[14]
References
- ^ "Contact Us". LifeZette.
- ^ a b "WITH ONE WORD, SPICER FLIPS THE WHITE HOUSE MEDIA ORDER". Vanity Fair.
- ^ Gold, Hadas (2018-01-30). "Canadian billionaire's company buys Laura Ingraham's site LifeZette". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
- ^ "Ingraham Media Group, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Laura Ingraham To Launch LifeZette | Cision". Cision. 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Laura Ingraham's 'LifeZette' website promotes conspiracy theory Clintons have been involved in murders". Business Insider. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Pro-Trump site that published fake news gets 1st question at White House briefing". Chicago Tribune. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Laura Ingraham's new site: LifeZette.com". POLITICO. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Laura Ingraham's Site LifeZette Loses Another Editor". www.mediaite.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ Victor, Daniel (18 September 2017). "Laura Ingraham Will Host 10 O'Clock Show as Part of Fox News Shuffle". The New York Times.
- ^ Palmer, Anna; Sherman, Jake; Lippman, Daniel; Okun, Eli; Ross, Garrett. "Playbook PM". POLITICO. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ "Pro-Trump site that published fake news gets 1st question at White House briefing". Chicago Tribune. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Darcy, Oliver (October 25, 2016). "Laura Ingraham's 'LifeZette' website promotes conspiracy theory Clintons have been involved in murders". Business Insider.
- ^ "Snubbed by Spicer, AP Throws Temper Tantrum". LifeZette.