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Defend America on Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:01:06 PM
I have linked to and referenced Hot Air many times so the purchase of Hot Air by Salem Communications is news worth posting here. Hot Air is a widely read conservative blog. The blog was created by conservative columnist Michelle Malkin and now Salem Communications has bought it.
Salem Communications buys Hot Air
By
ANDY BARR |
2/17/10 5:29 PM EST
The conservative blog Hot Air has been purchased by radio
broadcaster Salem Communications, which adds the popular website to a
stable that also includes Townhall.com and several right-leaning radio
hosts.
In a statement obtained by POLITICO set to be released Thursday, Salem
Vice President Jonathan Garthwaite explains that the purchase was made
in hopes of creating one of the largest Web presences for conservative
commentary.
Hot Air ranks as the seventh-largest conservative website over the past
three months, according to rankings from the Web information company
Alexa — though the rankings include Fox News, The Wall Street Journal
and Drudge Report. Townhall, meanwhile, had the 12th-largest audience
over the same time.
Hot Air was purchased from conservative commentator Michelle Malkin,
who launched the site in 2006. Bloggers Ed Morrissey and Allahpundit
have been the site’s mainstays and have built a wide audience within
the conservative blogosphere.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33090.html