NEWSMAX TAKES OFF! with CEO Christopher Ruddy - #834

THE SAVAGE NATION

Michael Savage

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Newsmax Inc. CEO Christopher Ruddy rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the company's stunning debut this month as a public company. Nielsen ratings for 2024 show Newsmax led all competition in 2024 ratings growth. The channel has been growing and is now No. 4 in cable news, reaching 29 million viewers! Ruddy joins Savage to share the exciting plans for Newsmax's future! They discuss Ruddy’s background, the growth and operations of Newsmax, and their IPO success. Ruddy shares insights into Newsmax’s mission to offer balanced news and their expansion into television and digital platforms. They touch upon DEI policies, the changing landscape of media, and possible 2028 presidential candidates. Ruddy and Savage conclude with a conversation about faith ahead of the Easter holiday.

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0:00.0	And now the world's most exciting podcast, The Savage Nation, home of borders, language, culture.
0:14.9	Here he is, Michael Savage.
0:19.3	Okay, proud once again to speak with my good friend and colleague, Christopher Ruddy,
0:27.2	CEO of Newsmax Media, Inc., the parent company of the newsmaking Newsmax, which is America's
0:34.2	fastest growing cable news channel.
0:36.2	Chris, this is a big story.
0:38.7	And to me, the story begins with you as a journalist.
0:42.2	People don't understand that you are trained as a journalist.
0:46.6	And I make that a big deal because I'm very oriented towards higher degrees that come from real universities.
0:52.2	You have a BA similar cum laude in history from
0:54.9	St. John's and Queens and a master's in public policy from the LSE. How did you get to the London
0:59.8	School of Economics? That's an interesting question I'm interested in. Well, I went down to
1:04.4	JFK Airport and I got on this train. What do you think I swam there? No.
1:11.0	No, I, all joking aside, Michael, I, I wanted to study in England and I was looking at various universities.
1:19.8	So the London School of Economics had a program for a master's degree.
1:24.5	I thought I should apply.
1:26.2	It's a difficult school to be accepted in,
1:30.5	and I was very privileged to have done that. And I had a very good experience at the school.
1:38.1	And it was, you know, back then, the universities were a lot less woke than they are today.
1:43.8	And it was a very difficult school to get into by the 1980s.
1:49.2	And we had one of our professors was administer Mrs. Thatcher's government.
1:54.5	But we had liberal professors.
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