{"id":1453653,"date":"2022-04-26T07:44:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T11:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1453653"},"modified":"2022-04-26T07:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T11:44:53","slug":"florida-becomes-conservative-media-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-becomes-conservative-media-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Becomes Conservative Media HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-becomes-conservative-media-hq%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1453653&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Donald Trump is bringing conservative media \u2014 a multi-billion-dollar industry \u2014 to Sarasota County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the news: <\/strong>Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., which owns social media app <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"Truth Social\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/trump-blowing-truth-social-launch-c2d4f1f0-5440-478a-acfa-b9462b64568c.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"3aeb78bf-670c-46b8-8fe5-142c2d1048af\" data-vars-headline=\"With Trump and Rumble, Florida becomes conservative media HQ\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/trump-blowing-truth-social-launch-c2d4f1f0-5440-478a-acfa-b9462b64568c.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth Social<\/a>, registered as a business in Florida earlier this month, using an office building on North Cattlemen Road in Sarasota as its address, per the <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"Herald-Tribune\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/story\/opinion\/columns\/2022\/04\/24\/trump-establishes-social-media-company-sarasota-florida-near-rumble-elon-musk-twitter\/7434302001\/\" data-vars-content-id=\"3aeb78bf-670c-46b8-8fe5-142c2d1048af\" data-vars-headline=\"With Trump and Rumble, Florida becomes conservative media HQ\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/story\/opinion\/columns\/2022\/04\/24\/trump-establishes-social-media-company-sarasota-florida-near-rumble-elon-musk-twitter\/7434302001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herald-Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Just 11 miles down the road, Canadian media company Rumble, a video platform commonly used by conservatives, recently made Longboat Key its U.S. headquarters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> Rumble, which also powers Truth Social&#8217;s back-end technology, is expected to merge with special purpose acquisition company CF Acquisition Corp, which would make it worth $2 billion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rumble moved to Longboat Key last month despite Sarasota County <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"rescinding\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/tampa-bay\/2022\/04\/14\/sarasota-county-cuts-off-conservative-media-platform-rumble\" data-vars-content-id=\"3aeb78bf-670c-46b8-8fe5-142c2d1048af\" data-vars-headline=\"With Trump and Rumble, Florida becomes conservative media HQ\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/tampa-bay\/2022\/04\/14\/sarasota-county-cuts-off-conservative-media-platform-rumble\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">rescinding<\/a> the company&#8217;s $825,000 incentive grant in response to community backlash over its broadcasting of Russian media after Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The big picture:<\/strong> Florida has become a popular destination for conservative media upstarts \u2014 Newsmax, the cable network owned by Chris Ruddy, is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tampa has become <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"a hub\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/tampa-bay\/2022\/03\/18\/young-republicans-moving-to-tampa-bay\" data-vars-content-id=\"3aeb78bf-670c-46b8-8fe5-142c2d1048af\" data-vars-headline=\"With Trump and Rumble, Florida becomes conservative media HQ\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/tampa-bay\/2022\/03\/18\/young-republicans-moving-to-tampa-bay\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">a hub<\/a> for young Republicans and conservative media influencers.<\/li>\n<li>Dan Bongino, a well-known conservative podcaster, lives in Palm City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Plus: <\/strong>Jimmy Finkelstein, most recently the owner of political newspaper and website The Hill, is <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"planning to launch\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/jimmy-finkelstein-new-media-company-ee5afaae-d28d-4002-95ae-d691306955ec.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"3aeb78bf-670c-46b8-8fe5-142c2d1048af\" data-vars-headline=\"With Trump and Rumble, Florida becomes conservative media HQ\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/jimmy-finkelstein-new-media-company-ee5afaae-d28d-4002-95ae-d691306955ec.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">planning to launch<\/a> a new media company that will have its base in Florida \u2014 where Finkelstein now resides.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State of play:<\/strong> Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not generally friendly toward progressive media. Last week, DeSantis asked legislators <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"to repeal a law\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/desantis-disney-self-governing-status-c717361d-6679-49a3-afca-debf6f392cd4.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"3aeb78bf-670c-46b8-8fe5-142c2d1048af\" data-vars-headline=\"With Trump and Rumble, Florida becomes conservative media HQ\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/desantis-disney-self-governing-status-c717361d-6679-49a3-afca-debf6f392cd4.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">to repeal a law<\/a> that allows the Walt Disney World Resort to operate as a self-governing body, in response to Disney&#8217;s position against a law that he recently signed, dubbed by critics &#8220;Don&#8217;t Say Gay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be smart: <\/strong>In addition to Florida, Nashville is proving to also be a center for conservative media companies. The Daily Wire moved its headquarters to Nashville from California last year. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parler, the Twitter alternative often used by conservatives, is based in Nashville.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump is bringing conservative media \u2014 a multi-billion-dollar industry \u2014 to Sarasota County.Driving the news: Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., which owns social media app Truth Social, registered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1453653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}