Tag: Christopher Ruddy

Newsmax’s post-IPO self-promotion spree continued in a May 5 press release: Newsmax Inc. (NYSE:NMAX) announced Tuesday a major milestone in its digital expansion, surpassing 25 million followers across all social media platforms. Newsmax’s…

Newsmax chief Christopher Ruddy is all about Trump–fluffing, and he does more of that in a May 3 TV appearance: Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said Friday that President Donald Trump’s welcoming of…

Christopher Ruddy continued his streak of fawning over President Trump with a March 10 column gushing over his bombing of Iran: In just over a week, something remarkable has happened in the…

Newsmax heavily hyped its interview with Benjamin Netanyahu in a March 30 post: In a major global exclusive, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy sits down today in Jerusalem with Benjamin Netanyahu for the…

Newsmax went on a junket to Israel last summer, and in February Newsmax chief Christopher Ruddy and one of his TV hosts took a similar junket to Venezuela in February for the…

Newsmax chief Christopher Ruddy is doing some serious sucking up to the Trump administration — probably necessary since Newsmax has proclaimed itself the most pro-Trump network. Ruddy kicked off a Feb. 12…

Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy gushes over the treasury secretary in a Jan. 19 column: It’s not every day that I find myself sitting down with the secretary of the treasury at his…

Newsmax virulently opposes a merger between TV station owners Nexstar and Tegna, despite the fact that its TV operation is cable-based and, thus, not subject to the same issues broadcast operations like…

Newsmax had long been firmly on the side of Ukraine after Russia’s invasion of the country, even leveraging it to snipe at the Fox News competition over its pro-Putin leanings (until it…

Last year, Newsmax settled a defamation lawsuit filed against it by election-tech company Smartmatic for an amount revealed months later to be $40 million — a bit of inconvenient timing given that…