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Type of site | News and opinion |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | October 2014 |
| Headquarters | 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20007[1] United States, United States |
| Owner | Katz Group of Companies andLaura Ingraham |
| Founder(s) | Laura Ingraham Peter Anthony |
| Key people | Laura Ingraham (Editor-in-chief) |
| URL | LifeZette.com |
| Advertising | Native |
| Registration | Optional, but is required to comment |
| Launched | July 2015 |
| Current status | Online |
LifeZette is aconservative American website founded in 2015 by conservative political commentatorLaura Ingraham and businessman Peter Anthony.[2] In January 2018, Ingraham confirmed that she had sold the majority stake in LifeZette to TheKatz Group, owned by Canadian billionaireDaryl Katz.[3]
LifeZette is based inWashington, D.C.[4] As of 2015, Maureen Mackey was its managing editor and Peter Anthony was itschief executive officer.[5] As was the case with several online-only opinion and commentary outlets, the site received criticism for promoting theVincent Foster andSeth Rich conspiracy theories in the run-up to the2016 United States presidential election.[6][7]
Peter Anthony registered LifeZette.com in October 2014. He developed the site with Ingraham and they launched LifeZette in July 2015.[8]
The site first hired outgoingDaily Caller reporterNeil Munro to be its political editor, but Munro withdrew before the site's launch.Quin Hillyer was enlisted to be its political editor, before he was replaced by Keith Koffler in August 2015. Koffler left the site in May 2016 to work at theWashington Examiner.[9]
LifeZette was the first organization called on bySean Spicer during the initial White House press conference in January 2017.[2] Later, Ingraham was announced as the host ofFox News weeknight programThe Ingraham Angle.[10]
In January 2019, LifeZette laid off six staffers.[11]
Two weeks before the 2016 presidential election, the website posted a video aboutvoting machines possibly being compromised because of links to a company tied to liberal billionaireGeorge Soros.[12]
LifeZette also published a video titled "Clinton Body Count", which promoted conspiracy theories regardingBill and Hillary Clinton.[13] LifeZette removed the video and later released a statement saying that "[t]he video was made in jest, and merely noted that the theories existed," comparing them toviral videos made by "left-leaning digital outlets likeBuzzFeed."[14]
