December 18, 2013 8:50 AM

SALEM COMMUNICATIONS ACQUIRES RED STATE AND SOCIAL MEDIA TRACKER "TWITCHY"

Erick Erikson and Michelle Malkin under one umbrella as conservative media consolidates

From the story in Talking Points Memo:

"I think there's going to be a natural consolidation in our industry," Stephen Bannon, executive chairman at Breitbart.com, the conservative news site founded by the late Andrew Breitbart, told TPM. "What you're seeing in legacy media, you're going to start seeing the same thing happen in conservative media, where you cut overhead out and keep the content and try to drive unique page views and all that. It just makes sense."