Redding News Review
| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site
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Aggregator, News & Commentary |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Owner | Redding Communications, Inc. |
| Founder(s) | Rob Redding |
| Key people | Rob Redding |
| Industry | News |
| Employees | 5 |
| Slogan(s) | The Pressing News You Need to Know |
| Website | ReddingNewsReview.com |
| Alexa rank |
 584,584 (April 2014[update]) |
| Advertising | Yes |
| Current status | Active |
Redding News Review is a subscriber-supported breaking Black news web site and radio show founded by Robert Rob Redding Jr. in 1999. He started the site as X-Political.com in 1999 and relaunched it in the current form in 2002 to complement his talk radio program while at WAOK-AM in Atlanta.
"The voice of the voiceless" and "the prophet of rage" is what many listeners say about Redding News Review host "America's Independent Voice" Rob Redding.
Redding News Review has been the most listened to black independent talk show host in the United States of America – heard six days a week for nearly half decade and more than 420 episodes in all 50 states via Sirius XM Satellite Radio and on numerous radio stations for more than 6 years and 3,600 hours via his former network deal with Genesis Communications Network.
The Redding New Review radio show host Rob Redding was named one of the "100 most important radio talk show hosts in America" by industry trade Talkers magazine.
He has also been called a "rising star" (Talkers magazine), "one of the most respected names in the media" (Upscale magazine), "one of the most intellectual and intriguing radio talk show hosts since Tavis Smiley" (Radio Facts) and awarded a proclamation by the Atlanta City Council for his hard hitting uniquely Independent talk radio show.
On April 1, 2014, Redding's talk show morphed into "Redding News Review Unrestricted" becoming the first ever and most successful stand-alone spoken word program available exclusively on a Web site - via ReddingNewsReview.com
Stories from the Redding News Review web site – the first subscriber-supported and oldest black news aggregation web site – have become a regular part of National Public Radio and Fox News Channel. Its comprehensive coverage of the black community became a resource for Fox News during the Don Imus "nappy-headed ho's" controversy. Its reports have also been used by Arutz Sheva, Israel's Channel 7 news. Its scoops have also been acknowledged or linked to by ABC News, BET, MSNBC, The Hill, Roll Call, Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Washington Times, and The National Newspaper Association.
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