Yellowhammer News

Yellowhammer News is an American conservative website that publishes news and political commentary pertaining to Alabama.[1] It is owned by Yellowhammer Media. It was founded in 2011 by Alabama native Cliff Sims[2] who left in January 2017 to work in President Donald Trump's administration as assistant communications director for White House messaging, as well as a special assistant to Trump himself.[3][4] (Sims left that job after 17 months and wrote the memoir Team of Vipers about the experience.) When he left Yellowhammer, Sims sold the company to Tim Howe[5] and John Ross, both former directors of the Alabama Republican Party.[6]

References
  1. Weigel, David (December 22, 2015). "Supporters trust Ted Cruz, even when the tape says not to". Washington Post.
  2. Alexander, Alan (December 3, 2014). "Yellowhammer Multimedia launches clothing line". Birmingham Business Journal.
  3. "Yellowhammer CEO Cliff Sims set to resign after accepting role in the Trump White House". WVTM-13. January 20, 2017.
  4. Gore, Leada (October 24, 2016). "Donald Trump launches nightly Facebook show with Yellowhammer's Cliff Sims among hosts". AL.com.
  5. Gore, Leada (August 16, 2018). "Lobbyist listed as owner, editor of Yellowhammer blog". AI.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  6. Smiley, Lauren. "As You Like It: A partisan site in Alabama exploits trust in local news". Columbia Journalism Review (Winter 2019). Retrieved March 24, 2019.
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