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The Rebel Media
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The Rebel Media
Launched February 14, 2015
Slogan "Fearless"
Country Canada
Language English
Headquarters Toronto,
Ontario
Website www.therebel.media
The Rebel Media (or
The Rebel) is a Canadian online conservative political and social commentary media platform founded in February 2015 by former
Sun News Network host
Ezra Levant following the demise of the 24-hour news and opinion cable channel. The Rebel Media broadcasts its content on the Rebel Media
YouTube channel and the therebel.media webpage.
The project emulates American conservative commentator
Glenn Beck's subscription based online service
TheBlaze.
[1][2] Former Sun News Network
parliamentary correspondent
Brian Lilley and former SNN reporter Marissa Semkiw have joined the outlet.
[3] Former SNN host
Michael Coren was briefly with the project but left after a week.
[4] 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.
[5] A
crowdfunding campaign raised $100,000 for the project.
[6]
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.
[7][8]
In August 2015 therebel.media joined the top one thousand of Canadian websites. As of November 4, 2015, it is ranked as the 455th most popular website in the country.
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