2024 Tenet Media investigation

2024 Tenet Media investigation
IndustryMedia
FoundedJanuary 2022
FoundersLauren Chen
Liam Donovan
DefunctSeptember 5, 2024 (2024-09-05)[1]
Headquarters,
U.S.
Key people
Liam Donovan (president)

Tenet Media was an American right-wing media company founded by conservatives[3][4] Lauren Chen and Liam Donovan (her husband) in 2022. Describing itself as a "network of heterodox commentators that focus on western political and cultural issues",[5][6] Tenet Media featured six right-wing influencers: Matt Christiansen, Tayler Hansen, Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, and Lauren Southern.[7][8][9]

In 2024 the U.S. charged two Russian media executives in a $10 million scheme to illegally fund Tenet Media and influence it to promote Russian propaganda.[10] The company shut down shortly afterward.

  1. ^ Merlan, Anna. "Tenet Media shutters after being accused of taking $10 million in covert Kremlin funding". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  2. ^ Mealins, Evan (September 5, 2024). "What to know about Tenet Media, Tennessee company linked to Russian propagandists". Nashville Tennessean. Yahoo. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  3. ^ Gotfredsen, Sarah Grevy. "The Tenet Media Incident". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dyer_9/11/2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Tenet Media: Fearless Voices Live Here". Tenet media. Archived from the original on September 5, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cohen-2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Becket-2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Couts, Andrew; Marchman, Tim (September 4, 2024). "Right-Wing Influencer Network Tenet Media Allegedly Spread Russian Disinformation". Wired. Archived from the original on September 5, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  9. ^ Mealins, Evan (September 5, 2024). "What to know about Tenet Media, Tennessee company linked to Russian propagandists". The Tennessean. Archived from the original on September 6, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nakamura-2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).