Heat Street
The logo of Heat Street
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Type of site
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News and opinion |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Dow Jones & Company |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |
 6,990 (April 2017[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional, required to comment |
| Launched | April 20, 2016 |
| Current status | Online |
Heat Street is 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. It is owned by News Corp under Dow Jones & Company and features sections on politics, technology, culture, business, entertainment, and life.
The website has been described as center-right and libertarian.
Mensch had first been exploring the idea of creating a blog under News Corp for about three years before it was pitched to Dow Jones CEO Will Lewis as a "libertarian Huffington Post." News Corp CEO Robert Thompson signed off on the project in late 2015.
The website was announced in February 2016. It launched officially on April 20, 2016. The website was to be headed by British journalist Louise Mensch and television executive Noah Kotch.
Miles Goslett was hired as the site's UK editor in January, prior to the site's launch. By Heat Street's seventh month of publication, it reported 8 million unique users to the site.
The site, which is housed under News Corp.'s Dow Jones & Company, uses a more informal tone than other sites run by the company, such as The Wall Street Journal.The Washington Times' Jennifer Harper described the site as, "The politics here are right-leaning and libertarian-minded; the publication also covers culture wars, commentary, technology, celebrity, business and assorted lifestyle matters."
In 2016 Mensch said Heat Street's avocation was less politics than "culture wars." The site has run articles sympathetic to Gamergate. Speaking to Politico, Mensch said the gaming community has been "maligned."
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