# CapX
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{{short description|British online newspaper and news aggregator}}{{Primary sources|date=May 2025}}
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{{use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox website
| name = ''CapX''
| logo =
| parent = [Centre for Policy Studies](/source/Centre_for_Policy_Studies)
| type = [Online newspaper](/source/Online_newspaper)
[News aggregator](/source/News_aggregator)
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2014|06|21|df=y}}
| location_city = [Westminster](/source/Westminster), [London](/source/London)
| location_country = United Kingdom
| key_people = Robert Colvile (editor-in-chief)
Marc Sidwell (editor)
| url = {{URL|https://capx.co/}}
| language = English
| current_status = Active
}}
'''''CapX''''' is a centre-right[ {{Cite web |title=About |url=https://capx.co/about |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=CapX |language=en-GB}}] British [online newspaper](/source/online_newspaper) and [news aggregator](/source/news_aggregator). It was founded by the [Centre for Policy Studies](/source/Centre_for_Policy_Studies),[{{cite web |url=http://www.cps.org.uk/about/news/q/date/2014/06/21/iain-martin-welcome-to-capx |first=Iain |last=Martin |title=Welcome to CapX |publisher=[Centre for Policy Studies](/source/Centre_for_Policy_Studies) |date=June 21, 2014 |accessdate=June 23, 2015 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626210625/http://www.cps.org.uk/about/news/q/date/2014/06/21/iain-martin-welcome-to-capx/ |url-status=dead }}] and features [columnists](/source/columnists) and contributors such as [Tim Montgomerie](/source/Tim_Montgomerie), [Daniel Hannan](/source/Daniel_Hannan), and [V. S. Naipaul](/source/V._S._Naipaul).[{{cite news | url=http://www.capx.co/columnists/ | title=Columnists & Contributors |publisher=CapX |accessdate=June 23, 2015}}] The site offers original content and aggregated news and blogs, and features opinion on [politics](/source/politics), [economics](/source/economics), and [business issues](/source/business).[{{cite web |url=https://capx.co/about/ |title=About |publisher=CapX |date=21 June 2014 |accessdate=23 June 2015 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626103044/https://capx.co/about/ |archivedate=June 26, 2015 }}]
''CapX'' was launched on 21 June 2014 as a commentary outlet to promote "[democratic capitalism](/source/democratic_capitalism)" and support [innovation](/source/innovation), [competition](/source/competition), [free trade](/source/free_trade), good [governance](/source/governance) and [liberty](/source/liberty).[{{cite web|url=http://www.cps.org.uk/liberty/capx/ |title=CapX |publisher=[Centre for Policy Studies](/source/Centre_for_Policy_Studies) |date=|accessdate=June 23, 2015}}] It aggregates and selects news from 3.5 million [blogs](/source/blogs), [academic journals](/source/academic_journals) and [mainstream media](/source/mainstream_media).[{{cite web |url=http://www.cps.org.uk/about/news/q/date/2015/01/28/capx-new-site-now-live/ |title=CapX - New site now live |publisher=[Centre for Policy Studies](/source/Centre_for_Policy_Studies) |date= |accessdate=June 24, 2015 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120221/http://www.cps.org.uk/about/news/q/date/2015/01/28/capx-new-site-now-live/ |url-status=dead }}] It publishes a spectrum of [pro-market](/source/pro-market) authors.[{{cite web |url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/01/free-markets-need-defending-meet-capx/ |title=Free markets need defending. Meet CapX |publisher=[The Spectator](/source/The_Spectator) |date=January 28, 2015 |accessdate=June 23, 2015 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626105818/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/01/free-markets-need-defending-meet-capx/ |url-status=dead }}]
==History==
''CapX'' was founded by the [Centre for Policy Studies](/source/Centre_for_Policy_Studies) (CPS) on 21 June 2014 in collaboration with Signal Media.[{{cite news |title=In the online battle of ideas, capitalism must go on the attack |first=Johnnie |last=Goodwin |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/10806284/In-the-online-battle-of-ideas-capitalism-must-go-on-the-attack.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location= London |date=May 3, 2014 |accessdate=June 23, 2015 |url-access=subscription}}] On 28 January 2015, a new site was launched for ''CapX''. CPS chairman [Lord Saatchi](/source/Lord_Saatchi) commented on its launch, "''CapX'', the first global digital [think tank](/source/think_tank), has been designed to show how popular [capitalism](/source/capitalism) can work to the benefit of all. We hope it will make a difference."[{{cite news|url=http://www.capx.co/author/deepaklal/ |title=Deepak Lal |publisher=CapX |accessdate=June 23, 2015}}] and [Islamic economics](/source/Islamic_economics) specialist Benedikt Koehler.[{{cite news|url=http://www.capx.co/author/benediktkoehler/ |title=Benedikt Koehler|publisher=CapX |accessdate=June 23, 2015}}]
==Political views==
''CapX'' is broadly on the [centre-right](/source/centre-right) of the [political spectrum](/source/political_spectrum).[{{cite news |url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/01/greece-lightening-what-you-need-to-know-about-syrizas-victory/ |title=Greece lightning: six things you need to know about Syriza's victory |work=The Spectator (blog) |location=London |date=January 26, 2015 |accessdate=June 24, 2015 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626142751/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/01/greece-lightening-what-you-need-to-know-about-syrizas-victory/ |url-status=dead }}] In 2015, then-editor [Iain Martin](/source/Iain_Martin) stated that ''CapX'' is "for [competition](/source/competition) because it drives [innovation](/source/innovation), creates wealth and increases prosperity."[{{cite web|url=http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2014/10/why-you-should-add-popcapx-to-your-reading-list.html |title=Why you should add CapX to your reading list |last=Goodman |first=Paul |website=[ConservativeHome](/source/ConservativeHome) |date=October 24, 2014 |accessdate=June 24, 2015}}]
==Funding==
The Centre for Policy Studies has received funding for the project from the [Templeton Religion Trust](/source/John_Templeton_Foundation) and the Rising Tide Foundation.