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Glenn Beck told listeners to his radio show Wednesday morning that "THEY are banning Dr. Seuss books.” Who are “they?” Turns out, it’s not some special interest group, but the corporation that has overseen Seuss’s legacy for decades. Did the company “ban” the author’s work? Not really. It made a choice, based on…

Conservative media companies TheBlaze and CRTV are merging to create a new right-leaning entity called Blaze Media, which says it will reach 165 million people across platforms. Glenn Beck founded TheBlaze in 2011 after high-profile runs on Fox News and CNN. The company’s main network has secured distribution on…

Today’s Twitter brouhaha over Mark Duplass’ apology for suggesting liberals interested in “crossing the aisle” might consider following the right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro is still going strong. Glenn Beck has just weighed in, if you were waiting (he thinks it’s “sad” that Duplass was “swayed by the mob”). Last night…

UTA promoted its veteran digital agent, Brent Weinstein, to serve as the company's first chief innovation officer. Weinstein will continue to oversee UTA's digital talent, emerging platforms, events and experiences and ventures divisions. He also will manage UTA IQ, the newly established in-house data insights group…

UPDATED with Eric Bolling response, Bill O’Reilly apology: Former Fox News host Eric Bolling has issued a statement telling Bill O’Reilly to knock off his “beyond inappropriate” talk about his son. In a statement, sent first to New York Times, Bolling said: “I believe it is beyond inappropriate for anyone to bring in…

Conservative media mogul Glenn Beck has laid off more than 20% of staff at TheBlaze, his right-wing news organization, and the Mercury Radio Arts, his production company. The cuts were announced Thursday by Beck in an op-ed on TheBlaze.com. The company’s total payroll once reached approximately 300, but cuts in the…

Fox News Channel has signed right-wing commentator Tomi Lahren as a contributor; she will make her debut on tonight’s Hannity. Lahren will have a “signature” role on an FNC digital product currently in development, FNC said, and will provide commentary on the network's “opinion” programming — primarily Sean Hannity’s…

Tomi Lahren settled her lawsuit Monday with former boss Glenn Beck and his conservative media site The Blaze. The right-wing commentator has been released from the employment contract that held her until September and lets her seek employment with Blaze competitors, reports The Dallas Morning News, which has been…

Looks like the legal fires are still burning at Glenn Beck's TheBlaze. The conservative outlet today countersued the "inappropriate and unprofessional" Tomi Lahren for breaching her contract. The move comes just more than a week after Lahren took the Texas-based site to court for allegedly pink-slipping her and denying…

Update with Blaze statement The Blaze released the following statement in response to Lahren’s suit: “It is puzzling that an employee who remains under contract (and is still being paid) has sued us for being fired, especially when we continue to comply fully with the terms of our agreement with her.” Previous…

Tomi Lahren will not be returning to Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze. Following a week-long suspension for her pro-choice comments on The View, the right-wing firebrand has been “banned permanently,” according to a report in The New York Post. "I'm someone that's for limited government. So I can't sit here and be a hypocrite…

Samantha Bee had Glenn Beck on her TBS late-night show, during which Beck went through the latest iteration of his “reaching out to apologize” for his perception of the role he has played in the country’s nasty political conversation, and Bee became the latest liberal to give him a platform in which to perform. “My…