Jeremy Boreing, the co-founder of Daily Wire, the conservative media company that is home to political commentators Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh, announced on Tuesday he is stepping down as co-CEO of the company.
Axios was the first outlet to report the news. Moving forward, Boreing will shift into an advisory role and will be focusing on the Daily Wire’s creative projects, he said in an email to staff on Tuesday. He will also remain as a host of the monthly show “Daily Wire Backstage,” where he comments on the latest political and social topics with Shapiro, Walsh and Daily Wire personalities Andrew Klavan and Michael Knowles.
“A new chapter,” Boreing said on X, in a post sharing Axios’ report on his decision to step down.
Caleb Robinson, who has been splitting the CEO role with Boreing since 2019, will become the sole chief executive; Robinson was the company’s lone CEO from its founding in 2015 until ’19.
Boreing co-founded Daily Wire a decade ago alongside Shapiro, and the pair have helped turn the Nashville-based company into one of the biggest names in political media. Last year, Boreing said Daily Wire was on track to hit $200 million in annual revenue and that the company was valued at more than $1 billion in its most recent round of funding.
In 2020, Boreing told TheWrap that the Daily Wire’s success was due in large part to the outlet unapologetically leaning into its right-wing views. He said the audience was “fed-up” with the “illusion of objectivity” and embraced outlets that did not shy away from having a slant.
“We own our biases,” Boreing said. “We are a conservative news organization. We’re not hiding it. We don’t pretend otherwise.”
Beyond having its star right-wing voices host podcasts and shows on YouTube, Daily Wire also has a streaming service, Daily Wire+, that launched in 2022. The service has been home to shows like “Mr. Birchum,” an animated series starring Adam Carolla that also features the voices of Megyn Kelly, comedian Alonzo Bodden, Jay Mohr and Roseanne Barr.
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