PERSON: Glenn Beck

Mercury Radio Arts

Host

Glenn Edward Lee Beck (born February 10, 1964) is a politically conservative American television and radio host, political commentator, author, television network producer, media personality, and entrepreneur. He hosts the "Glenn Beck Radio Program," a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. He formerly hosted the "Glenn Beck" television program, which ran from January 2006 to October 2008 on HLN and from January 2009 to June 2011 on the Fox News Channel. Beck has authored six New York Times–bestselling books. Beck is the founder and CEO of Mercury Radio Arts, a multimedia production company through which he produces content for radio, television, publishing, the stage, and the Internet. It was announced on April 6, 2011, that Beck would "transition off of his daily program" on Fox News later in the year but would team with Fox to "produce a slate of projects for Fox News Channel and Fox News' digital properties." Beck's last daily show on the network was June 30, 2011. In 2012, The Hollywood Reporter named Beck on its Digital Power Fifty list.

Beck's supporters praise him as a constitutional stalwart defending traditional American values, while his critics contend he promotes conspiracy theories and employs incendiary rhetoric for ratings.

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