Townhall.com

Townhall

The logo of Townhall
Type of site	News and opinion website, magazine
Available in	English
Owner	Salem Media Group
Editor	Katie Pavlich
Website	townhall.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional, required to comment
Launched	March 2, 1995; 21 years ago (1995-03-02)
Current status	Online

Townhall is an American politically conservative website and print magazine. Previously published by the Heritage Foundation, it is now owned and operated by Salem Communications. The website features more than 80 columns (both syndicated and exclusive) by a variety of writers and commentators, who often appear as guest commentators on C-SPAN, MSNBC, CNN, and the Fox News Channel.

The website also publishes news articles from the Associated Press, and provides 5 minutes of radio news detailing stories from around the world every hour for 24 hours a day.

Townhall.com was founded in 1995 as one of the first conservative internet communities. In 2005, Townhall.com split off from The Heritage Foundation.

In May 2006, Salem Communications acquired Townhall.com and relaunched the site with the addition of podcasts of Salem's network and local talk shows, blogs run by Salem talk show hosts and the ability for any user to set up a blog on the Townhall.com network. The website provides an extensive selection of opinion columns and news items presented from a conservative viewpoint.

In January 2008, TownHall.com launched Townhall Magazine, a monthly conservative news magazine. In addition to exclusive content for the magazine, Townhall Magazine carries contributions from Townhall.com readers.

In February 2011, TownHall.com re-launched TownhallFinance.com, a daily financial and investment site dedicated to conservative financial commentary. The site is edited by John Ransom, who also writes a daily column on Washington and Wall Street. Additionally the site carries financial commentary from CNBC's Larry Kudlow, Fox Business Network analyst Charles Payne and Cato Institute economist Daniel J. Mitchell.