Salem Media, owner of the influential conservative outlet RedState, froze the site on Friday and dismissed many of its writers. Erick Erickson, the site's longtime editor who left in 2015, tweeted about what he called the "mass firing" on Friday morning. Multiple sources told CNNMoney that they believed conservative critics of President Trump were the writers targeted for removal. "We had to make some tough changes to RedState today," Townhall general manager Jonathan Garthwaite wrote in the memo. Townhall, in turn, is owned by Salem Media Group, a conservative media company that also operates radio stations and publishes books.

Source: CNN April 27, 2018 16:18 UTC