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- Founded in 1995BusinessWeek: Townhall, LLC Snapshot
- Operates as a Limited Liability Company (LLC)BusinessWeek: Townhall, LLC Snapshot
- Headquartered in Arlington, VirginiaBusinessWeek: Townhall, LLC Snapshot
- President and CEO: Drew BondsBusinessWeek: Townhall, LLC Snapshot
- Editor-in-chief: Jonathan GarthwaiteBusinessWeek: Townhall, LLC Snapshot
- Purchased by Salem Communications in May 2006WeMedia.com: How Townhall.com Merged... (January 5, 2007)
- New site launched on July 4, 2006WeMedia.com: How Townhall.com Merged... (January 5, 2007)
- Salem Communications is a Christian radio networkHuffington Post: Townhall: Michelle Obama is a Bitch, Get it? (March 23, 2009)
- Features links to FOX News video clips
- Allows users to set up their own blogs
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Townhall.com is a politically conservative website that presents news and opinion from a broad range of sources. The site publishes the blogs of over 60 mainstream conservative Republican Party bloggers. The news segments analyze current events with a conservative slant. Political cartoons on the site parody the current political landscape, lampooning the liberal viewpoint. Complete with videos, online talk show access, and even a place for users to start their own conservative blog, the website presents a complete resource for the true conservative online.
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Criticism and Controversy
In March 2009 a Townhall.com regular contributor, Bert Prelutsky - a former television writer, came under criticism from the popular blog Huffington Post. In his original column, Prelutsky intimated that the Obama's new dog might have to play second fiddle to the highest-ranking White House female dog, Michelle Obama. However, Chris Kelly's analysis didn't stop with this one incident. In his review of Prelutsky, Kelly points out that there have been numerous times that Prelutsky refers to black people in a degrading manner and says things would be much worse off if America really was a nation of racists.Huffington Post: Townhall: Michelle Obama is a Bitch, Get it? (March 23, 2009)