Heat Street

Heat Street
The logo of Heat Street
Type of site
News and opinion
Available inEnglish
DissolvedAugust 4, 2017 (2017-08-04)
OwnerDow Jones & Company
Key peopleNoah Kotch
URLwww.heatst.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional, required to comment
LaunchedApril 20, 2016 (2016-04-20)[1]
Current statusMerged into MarketWatch

Heat Street was a news, opinion and commentary website based in the United States and United Kingdom. The website was launched in April 2016 by U.S.-based British writer and former politician Louise Mensch.[2][3] It was owned by News Corp under Dow Jones & Company and featured sections on politics, technology, culture, business, entertainment, and life.[4] News Corporation announced that the site would shut down on August 4, 2017, to become part of MarketWatch.[5]

The website has been described as center-right and libertarian.[6]

  1. ^ "Digital media website Heat Street launches". 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to Launch Website Heat Street". 17 February 2016.
  3. ^ Niedzwiadek, Nick (16 February 2016). "News Corp to Launch Center-Right Digital Media Site". WSJ – via Wall Street Journal.
  4. ^ Grove, Lloyd (2016-05-03). "The Woman Running Rupert Murdoch's 'Gawker' for the Right". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  5. ^ Rupert Murdoch is closing 'punky libertarian' website Heat Street after little more than a year. Business Insider, 30 June 2017
  6. ^ Barraclough, Leo (17 February 2016). "Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Sets Up Conservative Website Heat Street".

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