

BlazeTV serves millions of people every day. He also praised former first lady Michelle Obama after she denounced Trump's past comments about women in a fiery speech.īeck has tightened his company's belt significantly in recent years, announcing layoffs of more than 20 percent in August 2017. BlazeTV is the digital network that provides a platform for a new generation of authentic and unfiltered voices. While he was criticized by many in media and entertainment circles for his takes on President Barack Obama's administration, Beck broke with many of his colleagues by criticizing then-candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 election.

More content choices and voices for Americans is always a good thing."īeck hosted his own program on Fox that ended in 2011. Gaston Mooney, who will be Blaze Media's co-president, told CNN when asked about Fox Nation that "CRTV and TheBlaze were the two leaders in the space and it's flattering that more traditional, established networks are moving that direction as well.

A monthly pass to the BlazeTV service costs $10, according to its website. That subscription service started with a slate of original content featuring some of the television network's regular contributors and hosts. The announcement comes less than a week after Fox launched its $5.99-a-month streaming opinion site, Fox Nation. Levin, a popular radio host and the founder of LevinTV, which grew to become CRTV, will join the Blaze brand name, along with other hosts including Michelle Malkin, "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson, former Fox co-host Eric Bolling and others. The Blaze's website, started by Beck in 2010, claims that the newly formed Blaze Media will reach more than 165 million people every month, making it the "largest independent, traditionally conservative multiplatform media company" in the U.S. "So we took that at heart, and we did that."įinancial terms of the merger were not disclosed. "So many people came up and said, 'You know, you guys just have to get together,'" Beck said on his radio program.
