Donald Trump has expressed high praise for Newsmax and its CEO Christopher Ruddy. The billionaire mogul tweeted: "Newsmax Media is one of the top media outlets in the country. Chris Ruddy has revolutionized political commentary and reporting."
The message was spread far and wide:
Trump has more than 2,227,000 Twitter followers.
And his TV show "Celebrity Apprentice" is one of NBC's most highly rated programs.
Newsmax is indeed a "top" media outlet —
Newsmax.com has reached the No. 1 position in comScore’s News/Politics category.
Of the 61 million Americans comScore tracks seeking political news across all digital platforms, more than 13 million monthly unique visitors turned to Newsmax.com's political sites, exceeding such competitors as Huffington Post and Fox News in March.
According to a comScore March report released recently on the websites in the News/Politics category, Newsmax received 13.3 million unique visitors in March, up from 10.5 million the previous month. HuffPost Politics received 12.8 million unique visitors, and Fox News Politics received 11.1 million unique visitors in March.
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These new metrics from comScore represent Newsmax's total multiplatform numbers, including online, tablets and mobile-phone views and users.
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