YHN Media Group
Yellowhammer Multimedia (originally Yellowhammer News) is a media company founded in 2013 by Cliff Sims as an outgrowth of his "Yellowhammer" conservative-leaning political weblog and Yellowhammer Strategies, a media consulting firm. The company publishes a website with news stories, opinion pieces and multimedia features. It has also produced a syndicated radio program hosted by Sims, and offered a clothing line featuring its Yellowhammer bird silhouette logo.
In 2014 former Mobile Register investigative reporter Eddie Curran revealed ties between Yellowhammer and Alabama House of Representatives Mike Hubbard, along with Sims former employer, the SAHR Group lobbyists and political consultants and identified the site as part of a smear campaign against Alabama Public Service Commission member Terry Dunn. That same year, Yellowhammer News was named "State Blog of the Year" at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington D.C.
Yellowhammer News partnered with the Alabama Department of Commerce to host the 2016 Alabama Economic Growth Summit at the Ross Bridge Resort.
After Sims was hired as Assistant Communications Director for White House Message Strategy under President Donald Trump, he handed over the role of CEO to Brian Ellis. Sims later sold his stake in Yellowhammer Multimedia to Clearcom Digital LLC, a business owned by Joshua Jones, CEO of data analytics firm StrategyWise. Ellis remained CEO of Yellowhammer and Larry Huff was named executive editor for content.
References
- Curran, Eddie (2014) "E-mails Reveal Role of Power Co lobbyists in Yellowhammer News attacks on Dunn" mrdunngoestomontgomery.com - accessed January 21, 2016
- Mayberry, Sherry (June 27, 2015) "Marshall folks part of Yellowhammer News." The Advertiser-Gleam
- West, Ty (May 1, 2017) "Birmingham CEO buys Sims' stake in Yellowhammer Multimedia." The Birmingham News
External links
- Yellowhammer News website