Newsmax
Newsmax's logo
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Type of site
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News and opinion |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Newsmax Media |
| Created by | Christopher Ruddy |
| Editor | Christopher Ruddy |
| Key people | Christopher Ruddy (CEO) |
| Slogan(s) | Independent. American. America's News Page |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |
 2,513 (Global July 2016[update])676 (US July 2016[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional, but is required to comment |
| Launched | September 16, 1998 |
| Current status | Active |
November 2012 edition of Newsmax magazine
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| Categories | News magazine |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| Company | Newsmax Media |
| Based in | West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Language | English |
| Website | Newsmax magazine |
| ISSN | 1546-5497 |
Newsmax, or Newsmax.com, previously styled NewsMax, is an American news and opinion website founded by Christopher Ruddy and operated by Newsmax Media. The website is divided into 4 main sections: Newsmax, Newsmax Health, Newsmax Finance, and Newsmax World, each divided into various subsections. Newsmax Media also operates a print magazine called Newsmax as well as the cable news channel Newsmax TV.
The website has been described as influential in American conservative circles. In 2015, Newsmax was ranked the 3rd most trafficked political news website in the United States by comScore.
Ruddy started Newsmax.com on September 16, 1998, supported by a group of investors, including the family of the late Central Intelligence Agency Director William J. Casey. Later, Richard Mellon Scaife, Ruddy's former employer at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, invested in the fledgling company. One of the initial board members was author James Dale Davidson who edited a financial newsletter. Davidson's co-editor, Lord Rees-Mogg, former editor of The Times and Vice Chair of the BBC, later became chairman of Newsmax.
Other news figures who later joined the Newsmax board included Arnaud de Borchgrave, the longtime Newsweek chief correspondent who also serves as editor-at-large of United Press International (UPI) and Jeff Cunningham, former publisher of Forbes. Admiral Thomas Moorer, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chief of Naval Operations during the Vietnam War, also served as one of the company's founding board members. Former United States Secretary of State and Nixon and Ford administration Chief of Staff, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. served as special adviser to NewsMax.
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