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[]

^ Weigel, David (December 22, 2015). "Supporters trust Ted Cruz, even when the tape says not to". Washington Post.
^ Alexander, Alan (December 3, 2014). "Yellowhammer Multimedia launches clothing line". Birmingham Business Journal.
^ "Yellowhammer CEO Cliff Sims set to resign after accepting role in the Trump White House". WVTM-13 (published January 20, 2017). January 20, 2017.
^ Gore, Leada (October 25, 2016). "Donald Trump launches nightly Facebook show with Yellowhammer's Cliff Sims among hosts". AL.com (published October 24, 2016).
^ Gore, Leada (August 16, 2018). "Lobbyist listed as owner, editor of Yellowhammer blog". AI.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
^ 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.

External links[]

Official website
Smiley, Lauren (Winter 2019). "As You Like It: A partisan site in Alabama exploits trust in local news". Columbia Journalism Review. (An article describing Yellowhammer News as a "relatively mature example of the attempts to create alternative local news outlets that capitalize on America’s media polarization where it dovetails with community news credibility").

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[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 (published January 20, 2017). January 20, 2017.

[4] Gore, Leada (October 25, 2016). "Donald Trump launches nightly Facebook show with Yellowhammer's Cliff Sims among hosts". AL.com (published October 24, 2016).

[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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