The Rebel Media
| The Rebel Media | |
|---|---|
| Launched | February 14, 2015 |
| Owned by | Ezra Levant |
| Slogan | "Fearless" |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Website | therebel |
The Rebel Media (often stylized as TheRebel.media) is a right-wing Canadian online political and social commentary media platform founded in February 2015 by former Sun News Network host Ezra Levant. The Rebel Media broadcasts its content on the Rebel Media YouTube channel and website.
Former Sun News Network parliamentary correspondent Brian Lilley and former SNN reporter Faith Goldy have joined the outlet.Gavin McInnes is also a contributor.
Levant argued that his online production would be unencumbered by the regulatory and distribution difficulties faced by Sun News Network and that its lower production costs would make it more viable. A crowdfunding campaign raised roughly CAD 100,000 for the project.
As of April 1st, 2017, the YouTube channel of the Rebel Media has more than 640,000 subscribers.
The Rebel Media was formed by Levant and Lilley following the closure of the Sun News Network, on which they were leading personalities. It soon attracted a number of other former Sun News Network personalities such as David Menzies, Paige MacPherson, Faith Goldy, Patrick Moore, and briefly by Michael Coren.
In the summer of 2015, the channel, led by Levant, launched a campaign to boycott Tim Hortons, a chain of Canadian coffee shops, after it rejected in-store ads from Enbridge due to complaints from customers opposed to the oil pipeline projects being promoted by the ads.
In early 2016, the Alberta government banned The Rebel Media's correspondents from press briefings on the grounds that, because Ezra Levant had testified in court in 2014 that he was a columnist or commentator rather than a reporter, none of his current correspondents could be considered to be journalists. On 17 February 2016, the government admitted that it made a mistake and said that it would allow The Rebel Media correspondents into press briefings.The Canadian Association of Journalists supported preventing government from choosing journalism coverage."
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